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Bryan Cranston

(1956) Television Director United States

156 quotes in 707 categories

Financial freedom is said to bring more money than expected, and an actor must work hard to avoid being typecast. He also mentions the weight of playing real people, the need for boldness in the business, and how cancer touches everyone.

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Bryan Cranston is a television director from the United States, best known for Life in parts.

Quick Facts About Bryan Cranston

Born: March 7, 1956
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Director
Notable works: Life in parts
Spouse: Robin Dearden

About Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor and filmmaker who has worked in comedy and drama on stage and screen. He has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award, and he has also been nominated for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award.

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Theatre World Award Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Drama League Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

Quotes by Bryan Cranston

I have some anger issues.

Anger

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I look like everyone.

Girl

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I look like everyone else.

Girl

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I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'

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Danger is cool.

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I don't have spare time.

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I intend to do more directing TV.

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I don't really relax. When I sleep, I relax.

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Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

Civil rights

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You don't want to be a Kardashian.

Fame

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Money has never been my primary goal.

Goal

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My goal has always been to be a working actor.

Actor

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Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

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There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.

People

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Ever since I stopped worrying about finances, I've made more money than I ever thought I'd make in my life.

Finance

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I didn't feel entitled to become a star. I didn't expect it.

Astronomy

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I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

Film

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As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

Actors

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“It’s okay to be afraid. Being afraid can sometimes mean that you’re actually doing something worthwhile.”

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I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

Attention

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When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities.

Doubt

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Given the right set of circumstances any one of us could become dangerous - so why not show that in our programmes?

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I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against…

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Nearly changed my name to Bryan Kardashian. Huge New Years Eve appearance fees in Vegas, but I was only offered game tokens…

New years

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I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order.…

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I've done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. 'Airwolf.' 'Murder, She Wrote.' 'Amazon Women on the Moon.' But…

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People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to…

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My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all…

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I have a bad habit of inserting my ideas into shots and things. I don't know, I don't hold back on suggesting…

Bad habit

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The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage,…

Dad

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Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news.…

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Any performer would love to have the opportunity to be able to express themselves in many different areas. If you feel confident…

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I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully,…

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When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone…

Behavior

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There's so many things that can go wrong in the execution of a project like a television show or a movie, so…

Elements

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It's like a dance, to choreograph a fight is like a dance. It's very specific. You have to carefully plan it out.…

Actors

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When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're…

Actor

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The hardest work that actors have done, including myself, is on poorly written scripts. And when you first start out you do…

Actor

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At my age, I don't think anyone is untouched by cancer.

Age

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Our whole society is instantaneous.

Community

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Bryan Cranston by topic

Theatre (29) Actor (21) Actors (19) Television (13) Thinking (12) Life (10)