For many decades - and this was reinforced by the broadcast networks' standards-and-practices department - bad guys on TV had to get their comeuppance, and good guys had to be brave and true and unconflicted. Those were the laws of… — 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 Image
I do see the world in pretty dark terms. I find it colder and scarier the older I get. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer. — 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
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 Image
'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 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 the audience… — 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 an idea… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
