Bob Odenkirk Quotes & Sayings

My goal, whenever entering a project, is always to gain 12 pounds. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

Everybody needs some good sketch comedy. — Bob Odenkirk

I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting. — Bob Odenkirk

We don't feel constrained by what we did in the past. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

Comedy is tragedy plus timing. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

I don't think the sketch on its own is a great sketch. — Bob Odenkirk

My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic. — Bob Odenkirk

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

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

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

Even if people end up doing awful things, you can empathize with their motives when you know them. When you get to know the person, you can understand why they make those choices, even if they're bad. And oftentimes people do have good drives that are sympathetic and can even be seen as selfless and good-hearted. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

The world needs less destruction. — Bob Odenkirk

You shouldn't eat red meat, but you shouldn't make resolutions you can't keep. — Bob Odenkirk

The laugh is what trumps everything. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

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. — Bob Odenkirk

If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am "somewhat fun." — Bob Odenkirk

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

Don't say you're going to stop eating red meat when you like red meat. — Bob Odenkirk

You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope. — Bob Odenkirk

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

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

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. — Bob Odenkirk