We’re all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you’re comedic or not.
BOB ODENKIRKIn the end, the thing that really stays with you is not that you were clever enough to connect a sketch to another sketch, but what really sticks with you is when you just have an incredible moment happen, or execute a really funny idea.
More Bob Odenkirk Quotes
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I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
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I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I’m working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don’t really know.
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We don’t feel constrained by what we did in the past.
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I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
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You’re not just a part of the team. You’re really in charge, and the responsibility falls on you if all the components aren’t there for a worthwhile film.
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My daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.
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I don’t think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.
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I pretty much read reviews and comments only looking for the negative. Literally, when I read positive comments, it’s like a zero. I think the issue is if you agree with it or not.
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You shouldn’t eat red meat, but you shouldn’t make resolutions you can’t keep.
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I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it’s become very corporate, the independent scene.
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If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
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I pursue those kinds of ideas more. The world needs less destruction. And destruction is kind of “easy,” too.
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It’s fun to discover things. I wouldn’t want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.
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You get to use everything you learned in movie business. You talk to actors, if you do it right – and I haven’t always done it right – you should be shaping the material all the time.
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I’m about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.
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