Bob Odenkirk famous quotes

03-24-2025

I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think thatâ€™s the next step after people go, â€˜OK, Iâ€™ve had enough of that improvisation, Iâ€™ve had enough of those short comedy bits. Tell me a story, tell me a more complex story, something that lasts and maybe has a little more meaning to it.â€™ Donâ€™t ever look at whatâ€™s happening now; look at whatâ€™s coming next.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Thinking #People #Next Steps
I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Thinking #Persona
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

#Stories #Kevin #Enough
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

#People #Choices #Selfless
Drama is more focused and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there, when you first read it.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Drama #Firsts #Comedy
My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Jobs #Law #Interesting
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

#Fun #Hard Work #Thinking
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

#Play #Scene #Confrontation
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

#Fall #Energy #Needs
My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Sarcastic #Daughter #Dad
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

#Home #Kids #Night
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

#Independent #Thinking #Years
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

#Crazy #Thinking #Tvs
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

#Real #Independent #Hands
It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Nice #Taken #Independent
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

#Couple #Taken #Thinking
I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
-- Bob Odenkirk

#Thinking #Interesting #Cable Tv

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