I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
BOB ODENKIRKIf 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.
More Bob Odenkirk Quotes
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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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I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
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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 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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Comedy is tragedy plus timing.
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The worst thing is to read bad reviews and go, “Yeah, I agree.”
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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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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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And oftentimes people do have good drives that are sympathetic and can even be seen as selfless and good-hearted.
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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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The world needs less destruction.
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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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We don’t feel constrained by what we did in the past.
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It’s nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
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In 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.
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