All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality. — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff. — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
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 Odenkirk Copy Share Image
With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I'm hypersensitive to negativity and duplicity, and I want to push it away by writing comedy. Maybe that hypersensitivity comes across and… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
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… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I've always tried to have a rule that you shouldn't make fun of innocent people who can't defend themselves. I find that… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Even if people end up doing awful things, you can empathize with their motives when you know them. When you get to… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I felt my personal life was not what it should be. It had nothing to do with Mr. Show - I'm monstrously appreciative and… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
I learn things in a backward way. I learn all those limitations, and slowly my brain soaks them up, and if things go right,… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
“Whenever someone says, 'I love writing,' I always think, 'You probably suck at writing.” — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
Humans are ridiculous. We're all pathetic strivers who will fall short. If you can accept that, it's optimistic because you can shoot for the… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job. — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
To me, great writing - and when you can really make something wonderful out of it as an actor - is when your character… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after people go,… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
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. — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things I think… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality. — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
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… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share
