Aaron Paul Quotes

My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.

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Fruit, Corn, Commercial, Gig

On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers to duck into.

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Big, Indie, Almost, Duck

That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.

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Television, Hours, Half, Long Story

I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.

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Love, Over, Everyone, Fantastic

It's very exciting to be able to just work in this business, let alone on stuff you are extremely proud of. So it does make me a little nervous, because 'Breaking Bad' is so special. It's great being part of something so great because people pay attention to you, hopefully because you're doing good work.

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Doing, Bad, Very, Breaking Bad

My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'

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Hands, Think, I Think, Breaking Bad

It was the roughest day of my career, my final day of shooting on 'Breaking Bad,' knowing that I will never be able to kind of zip on that skin again.

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Career, Bad, Zip, Breaking Bad

I get random meetings, like, 'Ron Howard would like to sit down with you.' 'Really?' If 'Breaking Bad' hadn't happened, Ron Howard probably wouldn't want to sit down with me. Because he would have no idea who I was.

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Down, Bad, Idea, Breaking Bad

'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.

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Doors, Bad, Definitely, Breaking Bad

'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.

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Bad, High, Plateau, Breaking Bad

I moved back to Idaho when I was 6 or 7 and then lived in a little town called Twin Falls and then moved to Boise. So quite different from L.A. I'd been to Disneyland a couple of times, and that was the closest I'd been to L.A.

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Been, Couple, Moved, Little Town

I rode a shark once. I wouldn't recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don't think we are meant to ride them.

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Love, Thought, Against, Eaten

The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.

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Childhood, Song, My Own, Reminds

I love coming of age stories that have struggle.

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Love, Stories, I Love, Struggle

I'm not a leading man.

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Man, Leading, Leading Man

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.

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Myself, Thought, Action Hero, Leading Man

I have 14 nieces and nephews.

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Nephews, Nieces

I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.

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Films, Toward, Gravitate, Grab

I moved out to Los Angeles a fan of many people, and meeting people I put on a pedestal that just disappointed me. Without fans, this business would not exist, so I try and say that we're all on the same level.

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Pedestal, Moved, Put, Same Level

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.

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Me, Storytelling, Gritty, Film-Making

The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.

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Career, Doing, How, Tons

Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out.

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Year, Moved, Yeah, Graduated

You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.

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Love, Doing, Dangerous, Adrenalin

I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

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Business, Some, Means, Longevity

It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.

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Next, Move, Very, Longevity

It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.

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Bad, Been, Projects, Starred

My dad didn't want me to listen to Zeppelin, I think because it reminded him of his wilder days, and now he's a retired Southern Baptist minister.

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Think, Southern, I Think, Southern Baptist

My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.

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Father, Southern, Minister, Southern Baptist

I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.

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Success, Lot, Saw, Exploited

There's three networks you want to be on: It's either AMC, HBO, or Showtime.

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Want, Either, Showtime, HBO

I always gravitate towards the independent side of things, just because those are the stories I always fall in love with, but you don't really get paid, and living in Los Angeles is expensive, and I have a mortgage to pay. So it's good to jump onto a studio film and then in all my other time do small passion projects.

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Love, Small, Studio, Los Angeles

I love playing odd roles.

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Love, I Love, Roles, Odd

I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.

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Obsessed, Very, Odd Jobs, Odd

I hate musicals. There, I said it.

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Hate, Said, Musicals

I definitely had a very religious upbringing. My father was just instilling good morals into us at a very young age, and it wasn't super-strict, but it was a loving, warm household.

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Young, Religious, Very, Household

What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know when you're going to Sundance that you're going to see top-quality projects.

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Small, Films, Sundance, Per

I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.

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Band, Obsessed, Planet, Radiohead

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.

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Think, I Think, Actual, Acting Class

I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.

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Love, Deep, Diving, Skins

I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.

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Never, Security, Mean, To Be Honest

I've got to be honest and say that, growing up, I wasn't a big sports guy, but I love the camaraderie. I just love people getting together, fighting for a team and getting super-emotional about it.

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Love, Sports, Big, To Be Honest

I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.

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Music, Driving, Need, Rage

I got spoiled on 'Breaking Bad.' Playing the same guy for four or five seasons, you get to really explore who the character is.

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Explore, Seasons, Bad, Breaking Bad

When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.

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Unconscious, Very, About, Intense

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

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Always, Very, Still, Filmmakers

People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.

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Communicate, Other, Fights, Hurt

I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.

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Sports, Team, Soccer, Elementary School

You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.

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Journey, Singing, Karaoke, Bar

I live a good life but a pretty simply life. I just store all my money under my mattress. My wife and I travel, and I bought my dream car, the Cobra.

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Wife, Pretty, Bought, Mattress

With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.

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Need, Canvas, Blank, Blank Canvas

A lot of people get emotional in movies that are cartoons, but not in TV shows.

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Movies, TV, Lot, TV Shows

I drive a 1965 Shelby Cobra. I love classic muscle cars.

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Love, Classic, I Love, Muscle

You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.

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Give, Going, Engaged, Script

I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

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Understand, Pretty, Took, Driver

I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.

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Always, Indie, Tend, Gravitate

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

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Me, Always, Characters, Gravitate

My family never owned a home. We leased.

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Family, Home, Never, Owned

I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.

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Think, Some, I Think, Draw

I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.

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My Life, Living, Through, Draw

My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.

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Wife, Never, Communicate, Argue

When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.

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Beginning, Pretty, Very, Necessarily

I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.

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Supportive, Been, Very, Very Long Time

Thank you, Hollywood, for allowing me to be part of your group.

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Thank You, Hollywood, Part, Allowing

I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.

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Wife, Been, Whole, Snowboarding

I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.

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Small, Over, Very, Small Town

I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.

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Love, Think, Big, Series

If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.

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World, Better, Everyone, Obviously

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

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Actor, Grown, Being, Human Being

I'm a character actor.

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Character, Actor, Character Actor

I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.

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Proud, Career, Doing, Character Actor

I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.

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Enjoy, Understand, Why, Romantic

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