Top 41 Bob Odenkirk Quotes

#1. It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

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#2. In the end, the thing that really stays with you is not that you were clever enough to connect a sketch to another sketch, but what really sticks with you is when you just have an incredible moment happen, or execute a really funny idea.

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#3. When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff.

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#4. If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

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#5. Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

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#6. It's dangerous to get calm. You need some nerves to work from, it's good energy. It's not good to have no nerves. You'd fall asleep on stage.

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#7. 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 so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.

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#8. David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work.

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#9. My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job.

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#10. BOB ODENKIRK: I didn't like the fact that the first thing he became known for was that Chippendales thing, which I hated. Fucking lame, weak bullshit. I can't believe anyone liked it enough to put it on the show. Fuck that sketch. He never should have done it.

Tom Farley Jr.

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#11. You shouldn't eat red meat, but you shouldn't make resolutions you can't keep.

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#12. If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am "somewhat fun."

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#13. Comedy is tragedy plus timing.

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#14. I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.

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#15. My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.

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#16. Drama is more focused and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there, when you first read it.

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#17. 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 a little unseemly and distasteful. But nothing's really sacred to me.

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#18. 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 or anything, but I think it's pretty cool that it still exists, it's still affecting people.

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#19. It's fun to discover things. I wouldn't want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.

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#20. I felt my personal life was not what it should be. It had nothing to do with Mr. Show - I'm monstrously appreciative and understand what it did for me and to me - but after four years, I just felt like I needed to do something else. I guess I wanted to be in a different place, physically.

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#21. I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.

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#22. I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life.

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#23. The laugh is what trumps everything.

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#24. I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.

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#25. Everybody needs some good sketch comedy.

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#26. I love any scene where there's a physical confrontation. It reminds me that I'm in show business and I play pretend for a living.

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#27. I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.

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#28. The world needs less destruction.

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#29. I don't think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.

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#30. Don't say you're going to stop eating red meat when you like red meat.

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#31. We don't feel constrained by what we did in the past.

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#32. We're all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you're comedic or not.

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#33. 'Better Call Saul' happens in the same universe as 'Breaking Bad,' and we have the same writers and mostly the same crew. Like 'Breaking Bad,' it is a transformation story, and Bob Odenkirk brings his own distinctive flavour.

Michael Mando

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#34. I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.

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#35. You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.

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#36. Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive, I pursue those [kinds of] ideas more.

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#37. 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 other hand, it might to start feel that way.

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#38. 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.

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#39. Most sketch aficionados have an enormous amount of respect for 'Mr. Show.' I didn't have HBO back then, so I was always trying to find episodes. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross became celebrities, and Jay Johnston - who's lesser known, but brilliant - deserves a lot of credit, too.

Nick Swardson

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#40. I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.

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#41. My goal, whenever entering a project, is always to gain 12 pounds.

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