Bryan Cranston Quotes

I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very disappointed because I knew the shows would be tremendous hits. But if I had done either I would not have done the following: 'Chorus Line,' 'Dancin',' 'Chicago,' 'Movie Movie,' 'All That Jazz' and 'Annie.'

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.

I went to my agent and told them, 'I want to be on another Disney show.'

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

I would love to do films. It's just the way things happened for me - I ended up doing a lot of TV.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen.

One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The Wire.' That would have been so perfect for me.

It's very strange - several years ago, I was in the running for the 'Young Frankenstein' musical. Kristin Chenoweth was going to do it, but then she backed out because she got 'Pushing Daisies' on TV, and then, the next day, I went in for my final-final audition, and I saw Megan Mullally standing there.

I think it's so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely different story, and I would have missed 'Lady Macbeth.'

I don't think I could have made a good movie out of 'Thor 2' because I wasn't the right director. And I don't think I would have been in the running for 'Wonder Woman' as a result. And that's one of the reasons why I'm glad I didn't do it.

My success on the road is predicated on my success in Hollywood.

Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life.

Whenever your agent and your manager are on the phone with you at the same time, you know they're either going to give you the most amazing news or the worst news.

It's been a pretty amazing experience, getting to go from 'Bosch' to 'The Vampire Diaries' back-to-back, with a little 'Castle' in between.

My thing is I'm always concerned about my kids and their bodies holding up in the industry. We don't have time off. They run 365 days a year and gone all the time and performing every night. I'm kind of leaning for them to go to Hollywood.

I ended up in TV because I have no ability to do anything else. I have an agent who tells me where I have to be when.

I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't get to do that in this profession.

There came a time when I had to decide between show business and devoting my full time to medical training. I chose show business.

I like to perform. I hope I keep on getting good offers.

I might get a break again, and I might get back on telly. If I don't, I'll just keep doing stand-up and doing the best gigs I can.

I had a really fun career in TV right after I left politics.

People don't always understand the way it works with casting. TV projects tend to be commissioned to screen at a particular time of year, so your shooting dates are chosen to meet that. And then the casting is a matter of choosing from the actors who are available for those dates.

I don't know how people get into show business if their family's not in it.