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 ODENKIRKMy daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.
More Bob Odenkirk Quotes
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Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive.
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When you’re 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you’re 70 you can’t play a 20-year-old.
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It’s nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
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I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
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We don’t feel constrained by what we did in the past.
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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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You shouldn’t eat red meat, but you shouldn’t make resolutions you can’t keep.
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I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
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The worst thing is to read bad reviews and go, “Yeah, I agree.”
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If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am “somewhat fun.”
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The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that’s a cool thing. I don’t think it’s exploded or anything, but I think it’s pretty cool that it still exists, it’s still affecting people.
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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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It’s fun to discover things. I wouldn’t want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.
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My daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.
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Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.
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