What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
It's weird how with a TV show, you don't have just the one ending - you have the many. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
The very design of 'Breaking Bad' was that it was a finite, close-ended series. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
Our rational, realistic goals for 'Better Call Saul' were simply that it wouldn't suck, and it wouldn't embarrass us. It didn't rise… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons for the success of 'Breaking Bad,' and now for 'Better Call Saul,' is that we have… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
A big part of the job of being a showrunner is, in my way of thinking, being a good communicator because there's… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
Endings are the hardest part. I find there's a great relief that at the end of every episode, every hour of TV… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
It's amazing, the quality of good work that happened in the fifties when a series would have to turn out 30-some episodes… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
I'm very glad people love 'Breaking Bad,' but the harder character to write is the good character that's as interesting and as… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
'Breaking Bad'... the beauty of it is, some people are always going to love 'Breaking Bad' more. But I run into people… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
TV is designed to keep characters in place for years on end. The best example is 'M*A*S*H:' You have a three-year police… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
A typical TV show is always about protecting the franchise - it's all about stretching it out as long as you can… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
I never thought anyone would come up to me and say, 'I like 'Better Call Saul' better than 'Breaking Bad.'' If you… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
I love cable, but not because you can show boobies and say the F-word. I love it because you have more time… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
I do see the world in pretty dark terms. I find it colder and scarier the older I get. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
Sometimes when you're creating something, it takes on a life of its own, and you can be surprised at how sad or dramatic it… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers to be… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
Our rational, realistic goals for 'Better Call Saul' were simply that it wouldn't suck, and it wouldn't embarrass us. It didn't rise much higher… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have an idea… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
We all put on faces, as Walter White does. We put on faces when we meet our friends, when we meet new people, when… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees.… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
I was always the kid who wanted Christmas to not come, because I realized at a pretty early age that no matter what you… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
We shot 'Breaking Bad' on film; we capture 'Better Call Saul' digitally. In the shooting of 'Breaking Bad,' we would have this steady, handheld,… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share
