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Anthony
Breaking Bad.
Bryan Cranston
Breaking Bad.
Krista
Jesse and Wal became metheads at last.
Dave
Jesse and Walt Pinkman and Walt. Walt's last Walter White. What the fuck?
Aaron Paul
See ya next week.
Dave
And this week.
Krista
Do you guys think that they're gonna be shocked to see a twin?
Anthony
Who's the twin? It smells so good.
Dave
I'm the twin of Jesse Pinkman.
Krista
Yeah. I'm Jesse's sister.
Dave
So, yeah. So you guys feeling. You guys feeling excited about.
Anthony
Do you feel embarrassed?
Dave
I don't feel embarrassed, no. I feel good.
Anthony
You look kind of normal.
Dave
I feel like we're honoring something that deserves to be honored.
Anthony
She looks like Billie Eilish.
Krista
I feel a little light headed, just with all the.
Dave
I feel lightheaded, too.
Anthony
I feel so. Chuck, you look so. This is the best you've ever looked.
Dave
I think it's because I'm a little tan.
Anthony
You're so tan.
Dave
Yeah. I like this outfit. I wish I could wear this outfit.
Anthony
My outfit. Pretty chill, too. Do you guys like mine?
Dave
Yeah, I love your outfit.
Anthony
It's kind of.
Dave
I love all of our outfits.
Bryan Cranston
I know.
Krista
I'm kind of.
Dave
How do you feel? Do you think that they're. Sorry, what were you saying?
Anthony
I don't think they're going to like what we're doing.
Dave
You don't think they're going to like what we're doing?
Anthony
Yo, here's my.
Dave
Yeah. Doing a Jesse Pinkman impression.
Anthony
Get off me.
Dave
Yo, like, Mr. White. I can't. That wasn't bad. It wasn't bad.
Anthony
Wasn't terrible.
Dave
I'm not going to break bad.
Anthony
I'm nervous.
Dave
I'm gonna stay good.
Krista
Speaking of staying good and being nervous and the Breaking Bad Men and New Mexico.
Anthony
Yeah.
Krista
You know how I like to spend time on Airbnb when there's nothing to do and I browse all the homes. You're a pink man, you guys. I sent it to you, Dave, but I don't think you checked your phone. Look at this home. I think we need to go here. It's called the Spectacular Earth Ship.
Dave
This is on Airbnb?
Krista
Yeah.
Anthony
Oh, wow.
Krista
I think we could go.
Anthony
You want to stay in Earthship with me?
Krista
Look, I think we could go right after.
Anthony
Oh, my gosh.
Krista
And we could do antique shopping.
Dave
We should have done this in New Mexico with them.
Anthony
I'm so nervous.
Dave
Are you?
Anthony
I'm not nervous, but I'm, like, excited nervous.
Dave
Seeing both. I've never met either of them. Seeing both of them together is just going to feel almost like I was feeling like I'm in the show.
Anthony
Hey, Chuck. How's that feel?
Dave
I don't want to answer.
Anthony
You go first.
Aaron Paul
You go first.
Bryan Cranston
I love this. Love this porch.
Krista
You go first. You go.
Anthony
You go.
Aaron Paul
Have you ever lived in Venice?
Bryan Cranston
No. West. West la.
Dave
Come on in.
Bryan Cranston
Fucking hell, man.
Anthony
Come on in.
Dave
It's not just me.
Aaron Paul
Oh, my God.
Dave
One of the best shows ever made.
Aaron Paul
Brilliant.
Krista
You have such a focus.
Aaron Paul
I'm sorry, what? Wow.
Bryan Cranston
This show changed our lives.
Aaron Paul
I would have been so pissed.
Anthony
Nasty Sal. Cheers.
Bryan Cranston
Thank you.
Dave
Do you hate this or is this okay?
Bryan Cranston
We were talking about how nervous we were.
Krista
I'm Krista.
Anthony
I actually want to start dressing like this.
Aaron Paul
Isn't it cozy? First of all, she looks nice too, man.
Anthony
Ilionish.
Krista
I know. I might. I might wear this.
Aaron Paul
You represent that very well.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah, you do.
Krista
I really feel I'm coming alive.
Aaron Paul
You look great.
Bryan Cranston
You were stuffing.
Aaron Paul
Really?
Dave
Of course I'm stuffing.
Bryan Cranston
You're stuffing major.
Aaron Paul
I mean, barely stuffing.
Dave
No, I got a big, thick wool sock in there. It's the biggest. It's one, but it's the biggest sock I have.
Aaron Paul
Okay.
Bryan Cranston
Well, at least it's, you know, it's exactly what I did on the show.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Anthony
Were you guys thinking about when you were in the 90s? Were you thinking, like, man, I hope they don't get a weird shot of this.
Bryan Cranston
I'm already in my underwear on national television.
Aaron Paul
He's just giving the public what they want. How many times have you been in
Bryan Cranston
your tight weddings with Malcolm and you've met?
Dave
A lot.
Bryan Cranston
I mean, I joked that my agent was aware of a nudity clause, but he thought it was that I wanted to be nude.
Aaron Paul
I was like.
Bryan Cranston
So he was fired. I had to fire him.
Anthony
Come on, come on.
Krista
Come on in.
Anthony
Come on in.
Aaron Paul
We brought you some treats.
Krista
I'm excited.
Aaron Paul
We brought you some treats. Thanks for having us. Great place.
Anthony
Thank you.
Krista
Is this the treat?
Aaron Paul
This is the treat.
Anthony
It's actually a bop.
Dave
I feel like it's going to be someone's head.
Aaron Paul
So this was your first spot?
Dave
Yeah, it was my first home that I ever owned. And then met Kristen and we fell in love in Covid. In this home. And wow.
Krista
I looked just like this and he
Bryan Cranston
looked just like that. And you still fell in love?
Krista
We still fel.
Aaron Paul
That's wild.
Anthony
Yeah. You look good, too.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, yeah.
Aaron Paul
You look great, too.
Bryan Cranston
Thanks.
Anthony
Benny, you're like the stylish. The most stylish version of what that outfit can look like is like. Like. I know. These are like the expensive versions of those things. You look very.
Aaron Paul
He's very fancy, this one.
Bryan Cranston
You look good. Yeah, fancy. You look cute.
Anthony
Your voice just cracked too. On national television.
Bryan Cranston
I'm younger than I look.
Aaron Paul
Oh, can I get a coffee?
Bryan Cranston
Coffee.
Aaron Paul
Can I have a coffee? Oh, you have some. Yes.
Anthony
You guys dress yourselves in these outfits.
Aaron Paul
Sorry, I'm noticing the giant ball sound. Oh, yeah, that's just nuts. Yeah, that's a great thing to keep the premiere show.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah, that's what I thought. Wait a minute.
Aaron Paul
I love the show, by the way.
Bryan Cranston
I know.
Aaron Paul
Love the show.
Dave
Let me tell you. I love your guys show.
Krista
Thank you.
Dave
I could love a show more. It's the best show I've ever seen in my life.
Aaron Paul
Thank you.
Anthony
You know, the first time I ever saw Breaking Bad was the season finale. Series finale. Okay, listen, listen. Let me talk about the dungeon. The way to watch this. I know this is the first time I ever. Okay, so here's. Here's what happened at the time. I'm working on Ed Sheeran's album, okay. We're in New York, and he said, holy shit. The finale is, you know, with traveling. He got all mixed up. He's like, the finale's today. He rents a hotel room, gets all the stuff we could do. So I'm watching the last episode and I remember being like, oh, this is like, really good. And this was in like, what year was that? 2018. 13.
Aaron Paul
13.
Anthony
13 is when it ended. So then I live my life. Covid hit. Okay. And I say, I have to watch all the best shows of all time. And I look up, I say, best shows of all time. I had already seen a few of the shows. Wire, Sopranos. And there was like a battle going on for the best shows. And it was you guys, Sopranos, the Wire. And I said, I gotta put this on. I put it on from the second I started it. I did not stop.
Bryan Cranston
Eyes are bloodshot.
Anthony
Well. Cause there was Covid. It was the exact start of COVID And then I just watched it all over again with my wife, who had never seen it and liked it more the second time. And love, though, come into a room and be like. And I'd be like. And I'd like, do all the little things. You know the guy who rings the
Bryan Cranston
bell, you talk about.
Dave
What's his name? Salamanca.
Aaron Paul
Hector.
Bryan Cranston
Hector Salamanca.
Krista
Like, do you guys ever watch it?
Aaron Paul
I've. I haven't seen it since it aired.
Bryan Cranston
No.
Krista
Did you watch it every time it came out?
Aaron Paul
We did, yeah. Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
It's good to see what they've did, what takes they did, and putting it together. And we appreciate it, but we. We had to move on. You know, it's like we got another one and another one. Another one.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And I. I would watch it again. I haven't seen it since it 13 years ago.
Aaron Paul
Yeah, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And I would watch it again, but I'd like to watch it, like, what you were talking about with someone who hasn't seen it yet. It'd be kind of fun to share that.
Aaron Paul
Does this look familiar?
Krista
Yes.
Dave
I've seen the pilot.
Krista
The pilot probably 100 times. I read the pilot script like, a hundred times. Oh, isn't it great? It's the best written pilot.
Aaron Paul
What's so great about Vince? Because he always, like, we had such an incredible writer's room, but then Vince always does his polish. And he is talking to the readers. He is talking to the people that are reading it. So he's talking to the cast, he's talking to the crew. You know, he references some of the people in the script. It's just.
Krista
It's such. So, like, for trying to write and learning to write, it's like the perfect example of, like, how to capture all of, like, the cinema, like, the cinematic. Even the descriptions are so cinematic.
Aaron Paul
Yeah. Yeah. It's a great script.
Bryan Cranston
When I read it and I was offered the role, our daughter was just about to enter high school. It's a very critical time, you know. And this was shooting in New Mexico.
Krista
Oh, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
So I gave it to my wife, and I said, I want you to read this. I've just been offered it after. And she knew about it, but she hadn't read it yet. And I said, just know it shoots in New Mexico. She goes, okay. And she starts reading, and I would peek in to see because I knew it was so good, you know, and she's flipping and going. And. Because that's.
Anthony
It's.
Bryan Cranston
You can't stop. Just like the show. And she went all the way through, and I knew when she was getting at the end. And I'm peeking around, and she finished the last page, looked at me, threw it over the bed and said, shit,
Aaron Paul
I really love that.
Bryan Cranston
Because she knew I had to say,
Aaron Paul
you're gonna be gone for.
Bryan Cranston
And then I had to spend 6, 7 months in new Mexico.
Krista
So you guys lived. You both lived there during.
Anthony
Lived there?
Aaron Paul
Yeah, I mean, it was about six months.
Anthony
Wait, were you married when that happened?
Aaron Paul
No, I met her very early on. Met Lauren very early on.
Bryan Cranston
Well, he went through a couple girlfriends that I met that are.
Aaron Paul
Well, I mean, not that many.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Krista
Whoa.
Aaron Paul
There was. Yeah, there Was you met her.
Anthony
You met her season two, I met her season three. Oh, my God. So you see?
Aaron Paul
So it was before the show sort of really took off.
Anthony
Yeah.
Dave
Talk about, what's the deal with that. Didn't it, like take three seasons to get to the level, popularity wise, that it deserves?
Aaron Paul
So what happened was first season, we were incredibly proud of it. You know, we did seven episodes. We were cut short by two because of the writers strike back then.
Krista
Oh, yeah.
Aaron Paul
But the critics loved the show, but we were only getting, I think it's 700 or 800,000 at the most in the season one. Why isn't people, like, really watching this show? Yeah, but when it really exploded was we landed three seasons on Netflix just while we were shooting season four. And we were actually, believe it or not, but we were the very first new bingeable show ever on Netflix, ever. Which was crazy.
Bryan Cranston
What also helped is that they had very recently just switched. I don't know if you remember the red envelopes that used to get in the mail when you're sending a movie, Netflix, back and forth. And that stopped and it's just streaming. And then that's what really helped because then people could watch and get addicted to it.
Anthony
I remember the first time I heard of Netflix. My friend, when I was a kid, when I was. I wonder when Netflix came out. Probably when I was like 14, maybe 13, something like that. I just remember. I just remember my friend would get movies in the mail and then he was like, we could get any movie we want and we just ship it back.
Krista
That's so cool.
Anthony
And I was like, what are you talking about? And he was like, he's like, we never have to go to Blockbuster again.
Dave
It was that cool.
Anthony
What do you mean? It's amazing. You have to go to Blockbuster.
Aaron Paul
I loved Blockbuster.
Bryan Cranston
Blockbuster was an event.
Aaron Paul
I remember, though, thinking it was so cool, for sure.
Dave
I remember being really, like, not impressed with the business model and thinking, like, I don't know if this thing's gonna work. Obviously I'm totally wrong. And thinking, like, is it really that convenient to have this thing mailed to me when I can just go to. I wouldn't even want the pressure to have to pick it out in advance and be organized like that.
Bryan Cranston
We used to take our daughter and say, you get to select one and mommy and daddy will select one and okay, one candy. And it was like a. It was like a fun event.
Dave
What about movie theaters? Talk about an even bigger institution.
Bryan Cranston
I know, like, when I talk to
Dave
my cousins who are kids And I talk about movie theaters because they haven't had what we had growing up. Like, they look at movie theaters as, like, they're like, oh, movie theater. Like, I would never. Those places are weary.
Anthony
I know.
Dave
Do you guys notice when, like, how everyone's TVs are on the wrong mode?
Aaron Paul
Oh, yeah.
Dave
Do you notice, like, it's too crisp.
Aaron Paul
It's too crisp, so it's crisp so you can reset that.
Dave
It's for live sports. So all the TVs come set to,
Aaron Paul
like, optimize live so you can read.
Dave
And it turns every cinematic thing, any TV show, any movie, into looking like it's a soap opera or something.
Krista
Like, that hasn't been rendered. Like, it looks like it's, like, not the final exhibition.
Dave
Yes, it looks totally. And then truly. And, like, the common man or woman, I feel like, really doesn't even notice. So it's like. Which is so heartbreaking.
Anthony
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
It's the common man.
Dave
Exactly.
Bryan Cranston
Horrible.
Aaron Paul
Yeah. No, I rewatched the Wire when we were. When we were shooting Breaking Bad, and I put it on my tv. I'm like, why does this look so shit?
Anthony
It looks like it was filmed on,
Bryan Cranston
like, a cell phone video. Yeah.
Aaron Paul
And then I was able to reset the settings.
Anthony
I'm gonna taste the Mezcal now.
Krista
Yeah. Tell us about the inception of this.
Dave
Yeah. When did you guys start thinking.
Aaron Paul
We've been working. We've been working on this for close to a decade. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. We've been out on the market. July 9th will be seven years. But I just. Honestly, I just love this guy so much. He's truly, truly my best friend in the world. And, yeah, just really hit it off with Breaking Bad. And I'm like, this guy, I always say it, he's the hardest worker in the room.
Bryan Cranston
Thank you, man. I appreciate it.
Aaron Paul
No, he. He really is the hardest. Like, he is just the best, but also the most immature person you've ever. The most immature person you've ever met in your life.
Dave
Great combo.
Aaron Paul
It's just such a great combo. Just the elevator pitch, like, why we did it. I. I miss. I missed him and three.
Anthony
Three years.
Aaron Paul
Three years post the finale, Breaking Bad, he was doing a play in New York. I was doing a show, and we caught up and had sushi together. And he pitched me. He's like, do you think it's too soon to do another show or a movie or. I go, I think it's a little too soon. And we started spitballing ideas of what we could do together at the Sushi meal. At the sushi meal. And then out of nowhere, I never thought of starting a booze company, you know? And I go, well, what do you think about booze? And he laughed at me, thinking I was joking, and go, no, man, I'm being serious. What do you think about Mezcal? And he almost did a spit take. He goes, the shitty spirit with the dead worm at the bottom of it. I'm like, no, man, that's not how they do things anymore. Because he had a terrible experience with mescal.
Bryan Cranston
That was my introduction back in the day, of course. Plastic bottle. It was like a dollar and a quarter or something, and it was awful.
Krista
What's the worm do?
Anthony
Like, worm. What?
Aaron Paul
Like, it's actually. Back in the day, they not have people confused with tequila and Mezcal. And so they just literally put a worm in the meow.
Bryan Cranston
It was also. It's like.
Aaron Paul
But typically, it was very, very shitty meow. We didn't have options back then. So this has been out for over six years. We're just launching our tequila.
Dave
I got some glasses you can drink.
Anthony
This smells like. This smells like. Smell this. Now. Smell him
Aaron Paul
a little bit.
Krista
Yeah, I do. I see. I just rub that all over like a leathery. Not in a bad way.
Anthony
Which one? Which one do I get? Here, you can. Baker. Yeah, give me one of those.
Bryan Cranston
Look at that.
Anthony
You guys ready to cook? A little. Yeah.
Aaron Paul
You want to go?
Dave
Like, are these cousins? Are they related? Tequila and Mezcal.
Bryan Cranston
Tequila is mezcal.
Aaron Paul
Just a little sip.
Anthony
Mm.
Aaron Paul
Cheers.
Dave
Cheers. Thank you, guys. It's an honor to have you here. A true honor.
Aaron Paul
It's great to be here.
Dave
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
I'm such a big fan of. Is this an extra operation? Was this what happened?
Krista
You've seen it?
Aaron Paul
Oh, I love it. Delicious.
Dave
Hell, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
I love it.
Anthony
It's new.
Dave
It's gonna be happening.
Krista
I had to get on social media. Like, I don't even know what's going on in the world anymore.
Aaron Paul
She doesn't.
Anthony
She can't be in the comics.
Krista
I mean, I know about a few things, thanks to cnn.
Anthony
Ow.
Dave
That hurt.
Anthony
Yeah. Wow.
Dave
That actually hurt.
Anthony
It did feel like something. You have chunks in your ear.
Dave
Oh, it's movie magic glass.
Anthony
It is.
Dave
Yeah. Shouldn't have hurt, like. Yeah. Is everybody okay? I thought that was just.
Bryan Cranston
Okay. Let's try it with this.
Anthony
It didn't hurt a little bit. Wait, wait.
Aaron Paul
I wanna break something here.
Dave
I got a bunch of movie magic laughs right here. Shattered.
Aaron Paul
Are you serious?
Dave
Swear to God.
Anthony
Do it over. Hey, it did hurt a little.
Aaron Paul
I've been wanting to do this for. So. Yeah, I actually have. In a nice way. In a gentle way.
Dave
Hold on.
Bryan Cranston
You're gonna break that over my head?
Aaron Paul
Or a malicious way, but I've always wanted to break a beaker over your head.
Anthony
Do it.
Aaron Paul
Can I.
Bryan Cranston
It slightly hurts, and I chastise you.
Aaron Paul
Will you just shut up?
Anthony
It does hurt a little bit. Pay him back.
Dave
Pay it forward, brother.
Bryan Cranston
No, I can't even do it. It's like it's.
Aaron Paul
Don't you dare.
Anthony
That's so wrong.
Dave
It's not. It's so right.
Krista
Here.
Dave
You want a bigger one?
Anthony
Let me do it, Chris. Okay, wait. First. Now he gets to do it to you?
Aaron Paul
You're so sweet.
Krista
Make sure it's actually not real glass.
Aaron Paul
Okay?
Dave
Only one of them is real glass.
Aaron Paul
Oh, my God.
Dave
He's bleeding.
Bryan Cranston
Just a little. Oh, my God.
Aaron Paul
Look at what you guys.
Anthony
He said when you're old. This is what happened.
Bryan Cranston
I'm telling you. I'm. I'm telling you. Remember I told you this.
Dave
I don't even know if we have
Bryan Cranston
a band aid here.
Dave
I'm so sorry. I feel so bad.
Bryan Cranston
It's all right.
Aaron Paul
Oh, but, yeah, so as I was saying, it really went sideways.
Dave
Ollipop time, everybody.
Anthony
Oh, my God.
Dave
Which flavor do you guys like?
Anthony
What are you grabbing?
Dave
The BlackBerry vanilla. I'll take some raspberry Sherber.
Anthony
Did you know the raspberry sherbeck that
Krista
they brought this one back?
Anthony
They did.
Krista
Back by popular demand.
Dave
Wait, why does it spell sherbet?
Bryan Cranston
Oh, my God.
Anthony
This is the best smelling thing I've ever smelt in my life. Oh, my God. I used to have an ice cream like a sherbet like this when I was a kid in upstate New York with my grandma, and she's dead. It literally just brought me back to this.
Dave
Buy any 2 cans of Olipop in store and they'll pay you back for one. Any flavor, any retailer. Go to drinkolipop.comfks oh, my God.
Anthony
This is memory lane.
Dave
White Claw time.
Anthony
Say yes.
Krista
Speaking of saying yes, Benny, Benny says directed towards you because we did have a group chat about how you were gonna help my voice sound better, and I think now is a really good time.
Anthony
Are you telling me we're spontaneously hanging out right now?
Krista
We're spontaneously hanging out. And right after this, we're gonna go. You're gonna take me to the studio, and you're gonna make my voice sound better.
Aaron Paul
I love this drink.
Dave
Please drink responsibly. Hard seltzer. With flavors. White Claw Seltzer Worth, Chicago, Illinois.
Anthony
Say yes.
Bryan Cranston
Whoa.
Anthony
That was cool.
Aaron Paul
Say yes.
Dave
Yeah. Can we talk about David?
Krista
I mean, I did eat one of these earlier when I was at the.
Anthony
I'm sure you're looking.
Krista
No, I think these are really good.
Dave
These things provide strength.
Anthony
The most strength. Jack, you need to start eating them so your back doesn't deteriorate.
Krista
I did like it. It's like, good. Well, I had the chocolate. I had the chocolate chip cookie.
Anthony
Chocolate chip cookie dough is amazing. Blueberry pie's amazing. Red velvet's amazing.
Dave
I just gotta eat this stuff to get stronger. I have to lift weights, too.
Krista
You might want to look like.
Anthony
You might want to do both, but check the profile's so good. That's 150 calories, 28 grams of protein, and zero sugar. Literally zero sugar.
Krista
How do you know so much about.
Bryan Cranston
I'm a macros type of guy.
Anthony
David is available at Walmart stores nationwide. And on Walmart.com you can try a single bar for only $2.97.
Dave
Go grab one for yourself.
Krista
How long have you been married?
Aaron Paul
Almost 13 years.
Krista
Wow. So give us. Because we're all newlyweds, give us. You each give us one. How do you do it?
Bryan Cranston
So the best thing is to think of the five most important things you want in your partner.
Anthony
Okay.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Okay. It might be, well, fidelity and humor and moral center. Or someone. A decent person, maybe someone you know? Is it intelligence? Is it whatever. Is it your attention? Physical attraction? What are the five?
Aaron Paul
Right.
Bryan Cranston
Pick those five and let everything else go. Yeah, I love that because it's your. Just let it go. Like, there are certain things around the house that my wife and I will never see eye to eye on.
Anthony
It's just like, tell me one of them.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, well, she is. She is a very neat and together person, but she's not an organized person. So I like to have things. When I go to my refrigerator, I like to know where things are. You know what I mean?
Anthony
Yeah, me too.
Bryan Cranston
And it's like. And it's like I pulled out, like, five open jars of mayonnaise one time, and I'm like, okay, there's too much mayo.
Krista
That could set you off.
Aaron Paul
Too much mayo set you off.
Bryan Cranston
And the refrigerator is stuffed with five different mayos and six different this and seven. You know, it's like. And so I said, how about condiments in the door and salad dressing and that stuff? And, you know, it's just hard for her. So she goes up, she gets it, and she puts it back. It could be top shelf, could be bottom shelf, could be handy.
Anthony
It wouldn't be hard for me and you. One thing we'd see eye to eye on in our relationship.
Krista
You're telling me you guys put everything back. When you take it out, you put
Anthony
it back the exact same spot I ever put it back before. And all the labels have to be facing forward.
Aaron Paul
When's your birthday?
Anthony
March.
Bryan Cranston
Mine, too.
Anthony
You march, what, Seven, eight.
Aaron Paul
Oh, my God, you two. Let's go.
Anthony
Guess what?
Bryan Cranston
Pisces.
Dave
Fifteenth.
Bryan Cranston
Fifteenth.
Anthony
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Pisces.
Anthony
When's your birthday?
Aaron Paul
August 27th. Oh, you're Virgo. You're Virgo.
Anthony
My mom's Virgo, too.
Aaron Paul
Yeah, I'm very organized.
Anthony
I'm a little ocd, but I think,
Aaron Paul
yeah, with me, it's just all about, well, communication.
Anthony
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Patience and just understanding one another. Each of you. Everyone's so different. Right. So you all kind of have different sorts of points of view, but. And I always say, whenever I go to a wedding, I write a note that just says, never forget the moment you realize.
Anthony
Wait. Never forget wet moments. Sorry. He's chiseling.
Aaron Paul
Never forget the moment. Never forget the moment you realize.
Anthony
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
That you.
Anthony
That's cool.
Krista
We're a thing.
Aaron Paul
We're a thing. Like, you're like, this is it. This is my partner. And you want to protect that. And so I think people get in fights or arguments because of, like, a miscommunication or someone really fucked up.
Anthony
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Yeah. Like, so don't. But what I truly, like, just don't fuck up. Like, just, like, really lean in. Protect it.
Dave
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Be patient, because you're gonna have to weather the storm. Right, kids?
Krista
Right?
Aaron Paul
And kids are.
Bryan Cranston
There's always something fantastic.
Aaron Paul
Oh, yeah.
Dave
You saw that? Yeah. That's for you guys. Speaking of Hector.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Right.
Anthony
Wow.
Aaron Paul
I mean, the production of this collaboration is pretty incredible.
Dave
I have a question. When you guys were making Breaking Bad and, like. And you're. You're being. You're probably receiving all the cliffhangers and whatnot via script form. So are you guys, like, fiending the scripts and, like, so excited to sit down and.
Aaron Paul
Yeah, just.
Anthony
You ever just, like, ah, that.
Dave
What happened?
Aaron Paul
Honestly, no. There was a moment where I see Brian. He's walking out of the production office into the stage, and he sees me. He's like, come here. And he gives me this big hug.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, yeah.
Aaron Paul
I'm like, what's going on? It's just like this emotional hug.
Dave
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
And he's like, wow, though. Like, crazy. I go, what is Going on. He's like, well, you read it, right? The latest script. I'm like, no, I haven't got it yet.
Bryan Cranston
He's like, oh, shit.
Aaron Paul
Well, oh, okay, nevermind. Because he said something like, it's crazy, but what a way to go, huh? I'm like, what is he talking about? I went straight into the production office. I'm like, where's the script? He's like, they're like, it's not ready yet. I'm like, well, give me the writer's draft or something. He's like, no, no one has yet. I'm like, brian just said he read it. I have to know what's going on. I thought. Or just kind of being cautious, being protective of my feelings. Let me read an outline, something. He's just fucking with me.
Dave
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
He made me think that I was a great prank.
Krista
That's a great prank.
Dave
That is such.
Bryan Cranston
He was supposed to die, was he? Yeah, the character was supposed to die.
Anthony
He was supposed to die in what season?
Aaron Paul
First season one.
Anthony
Yeah, but I didn't.
Aaron Paul
I didn't know that going into.
Anthony
I read that, but I wasn't sure if it was real.
Dave
You must feel proud. I mean, you just earned your way out of death to like the. The ultimate of life. Like busting through that fence, driving out.
Aaron Paul
He's a perfectionist, by the way.
Bryan Cranston
What is this missing?
Anthony
I'm kind of doing it 30, 40 more minutes or something. It tastes good.
Aaron Paul
Is there. It tastes good. Is there a simple syrup?
Dave
We have these things.
Bryan Cranston
A little. Simple syrup. A little.
Dave
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Anthony
That simple syrup right there. That's all you need.
Aaron Paul
Little. Just a little.
Anthony
Just a little.
Bryan Cranston
That's what it needs.
Anthony
Just a little pucker up.
Bryan Cranston
It needs a pop.
Krista
You guys have dreams about Breaking Bad and shooting? You miss it?
Dave
Oh, good question.
Bryan Cranston
Well, you know, when. When it ended 13 years ago, I thought, well, that's the end of that. That's the last time I'll see these people. And it was. And then he did a movie called El Camino which extended the story of what happened to Jesse.
Krista
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
Which people wanted to know.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And so I was doing a play in New York at the time, and I got into a car right after my Sunday matinee, flew on a private jet to Albuquerque. They put a shroud over me getting off the plane because they didn't want anybody to know anything. They put me into an Airbnb. I couldn't leave.
Krista
Oh, my gosh.
Bryan Cranston
And then the next day, I have that shroud open again. And I think they said. What were our names? Your name?
Aaron Paul
Oh, Burton, Ernie.
Bryan Cranston
Burton, Ernie.
Aaron Paul
That was our.
Bryan Cranston
That was our names on the call sheet. And they put me in a. In a bald cap and the whole thing.
Dave
Oh, I.
Bryan Cranston
And I did a little. A little. Couple days with him and then flew back to New York to continue.
Aaron Paul
And then we did a little bit on Better Call Saul.
Anthony
Yeah.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
But when we were. When we were shooting, I mean, I was having dreams as the guy.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Like, as Jesse.
Anthony
Really?
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Anthony
How did that.
Dave
Did that stress you out when you were having.
Anthony
Did you forget how to talk like yourself?
Aaron Paul
It's better.
Dave
You guys are so sweet. Your relationship, like, makes me want to cry.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
He normally bird feeds me my food.
Anthony
It is sweet.
Dave
And then I've never witnessed. I'm obviously big fans of the show. Yeah. I've just never witnessed your dynamic in person. So it's, like, taking me.
Aaron Paul
I love the guy, you know? I got to tell you something.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
He's about to have a pretty serious surgery.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, really?
Aaron Paul
Yeah, he's having a shoulder surgery.
Dave
Yeah, Tommy John.
Bryan Cranston
Replacing. Yeah, replacing my shoulder.
Aaron Paul
You know, I mean, Lost baseball was an incredible pitcher. Oh, wow. You know what he's giving me?
Anthony
What?
Dave
His old shoulder.
Aaron Paul
He's giving me his old shoulder to cry on.
Dave
Wait, really?
Bryan Cranston
He's giving him my shoulder to cry on? He'll have my bones.
Aaron Paul
He's gonna. I don't know if they're gonna let him.
Krista
My aunt did that. You can get. You can ask for the bones.
Aaron Paul
There you go. I'm gonna put it on my. On my mantle.
Bryan Cranston
What can I pour these in? Do you have anything?
Anthony
I only have things that break.
Dave
No, no, we have real. We have real. Can I ask a question about your Wire rewatch when you were shooting Breaking Bad?
Aaron Paul
Yeah, of course.
Dave
Were you just like, oh, my God, what season? Like, do you remember when you started rewatching the Wire?
Aaron Paul
I started rewatching the Wire season. The second season.
Dave
Okay.
Anthony
Yeah.
Dave
Because I was hoping that you were gonna say the fourth season or something, because you were like, oh, my God, I'm in the middle of one of these things right now.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Dave
Like, did that influence your rewatch timing or. No.
Aaron Paul
Maybe. To be honest, we watched the pilot together. We knew when we read the pilot, like, oh, my God, this is the greatest thing we've ever read. The pilot of Breaking Bad was the sixth or seventh pilot that I had done, but the previous ones never went to see.
Anthony
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Aaron Paul
And I was. That was the most strapped I've been financially, so I. I really needed do
Dave
you need more glass?
Bryan Cranston
No. Okay.
Aaron Paul
I really needed this pilot to work
Bryan Cranston
out, but also, he was living in a closet. That's where he was.
Aaron Paul
Yeah. I had a. I had a studio apartment. A roommate moved in. I had a. I would sleep on the bed for a week, and then I'd move to the closet.
Anthony
You guys would just swap?
Aaron Paul
Yeah. And so I struck. I was struggling in. Then breaking badges kind of took off. But when we watched the pilot for the first time, this was before we were picked up. And we're like, oh, my God. Our jaws were on the floor.
Anthony
Did you think it was gonna be great right away?
Aaron Paul
Just the execution on all levels. We're like, oh, my God. And we thought, are they gonna make the announcement to us that we got picked up? They didn't. And then we didn't find out for, like, three weeks after that.
Dave
It must have been frustrating to cause two seasons go by of one of the best shows ever made. And it's not being necessarily appreciated on the level.
Aaron Paul
But he won the Emmy for the first season for seven episodes. So critically, it was being praised, but the people, the public, hadn't really caught on yet. It's interesting, but Netflix truly saved us.
Anthony
You know, there's all sorts of things. Oh, beautiful work. When you're making something. Sometimes I don't know, like, when a song's gonna be big, or sometimes I'm the opposite way. I think it's gonna be big. It's not. Also, sometimes I'll work with someone and it takes so long for them to get big, or it takes so long and it'll be a thing. And I'm like, how does everyone not know?
Aaron Paul
But do you know sometimes with music, do you know it's just an instant banger.
Anthony
Oh, this is. Yeah. Wait a minute. I get a feeling. Yes.
Bryan Cranston
Benny. You can identify when something's really good, but you can't possibly say this is gonna hit. We don't know what's going to hit.
Anthony
Okay. Back in the day before, like, TikTok and all that stuff, I had a really good. Like, if I thought a song was gonna be big, I'd say more times than not, it became big. Now it's a little bit more difficult because you're losing. I'm losing my time. Yeah. I'm old, definitely. No. And it's tough because there's so many other factors now, because in a cool way, people.
Aaron Paul
Thank you.
Dave
Thank you.
Anthony
Oh, yeah. Let's taste this.
Krista
I have to.
Aaron Paul
Salud.
Krista
Salud.
Anthony
Cheers.
Bryan Cranston
Salud.
Anthony
Salud. Salud.
Aaron Paul
Salud.
Dave
Wow. This is great.
Krista
To breaking glass.
Aaron Paul
Breaking glass.
Bryan Cranston
That's the next one you make.
Aaron Paul
I'll hold off.
Anthony
That's unbelievable.
Krista
Perfect.
Dave
Couldn't be a better drink.
Anthony
Unbelievable.
Dave
Were you even good at making drinks like this before this venture?
Bryan Cranston
Oh, really?
Dave
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
You know what?
Aaron Paul
It's so good.
Bryan Cranston
Aaron and I are very used to. Used to being in a position of not knowing. As an actor, you go into something and I don't know who this character is or what I'm gonna do with it. So we went into this. Very comfortable with not knowing. And you learn. You just start absorbing exactly how it's made. And then behind the bar, it's like watching bartenders who really know what they're doing.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Then you kind of emulate that.
Dave
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
So this was just kind of a.
Anthony
It's the best margarita I've ever had in my life.
Dave
I agree. It's so good.
Krista
Anything other than white wine. This is so good.
Anthony
It is so good.
Bryan Cranston
I really believe that you first said it was the best margarita you ever had. Now you're real.
Anthony
I wanted to be real. I'm always. I don't lie now.
Aaron Paul
One etches another.
Bryan Cranston
Your shit.
Dave
So you guys want to sit on the couch?
Aaron Paul
Sure.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, God. Wait till you taste this.
Aaron Paul
You want to do a little caviar bomb?
Bryan Cranston
Do I snort this?
Aaron Paul
Whatever. It's up to you.
Krista
I want to see you snort it.
Dave
I haven't eaten anything. I have huge textural phobias. I've just tried a grape for the first time this year.
Aaron Paul
Oh, grape. I want to hang with you guys all the time.
Anthony
All we just drink tequila and eat caviar.
Krista
I hope you guys don't think you're leaving. You guys can stay out of town.
Aaron Paul
I don't wanna leave.
Bryan Cranston
We're gonna re.
Krista
Watch Breaking Bad.
Anthony
Oh, man.
Krista
It has good protein.
Anthony
Try that.
Krista
Right?
Anthony
Yeah. It is good protein.
Krista
It will, like, give you more protein.
Dave
This is a lot of.
Anthony
I'm going, big boy. You like caviar?
Dave
Hold on.
Aaron Paul
I am so proud of you.
Dave
You too. Thank you.
Aaron Paul
That's good. It's a big deal. You know why?
Dave
I can.
Aaron Paul
I'm so proud of you.
Anthony
I was worried you're gonna.
Dave
I would really taste the individuality of the balls.
Aaron Paul
Right.
Dave
But which would really unnerve me.
Bryan Cranston
I like your show where you really taste the individuality.
Krista
Would you guys say the two of you are. Is this peak life for you right now? Like, do you feel like you kind of done the things you wanna do and now you're having, like, you get to like, do stuff like this, and you get to get a elbow or shoulder surgery.
Aaron Paul
Yeah, it's all. I mean, it's all just such a blessing.
Bryan Cranston
I'm. I'm starting to. To deteriorate a little. Different tact.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
I'm starting to degrade.
Krista
No, no, you look great, by the way.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, gosh, you really do.
Aaron Paul
Doesn't he?
Bryan Cranston
No, but, you know, 37 years and. And my wife Robin has been my champion through, you know, all these years. I've been an actor for 47 years.
Dave
I mean, even on a bigger scale than Breaking Bad, like, wouldn't you say your big break in your acting? I mean, Malcolm in the Middle was probably the big thing. Yeah, but then. Yeah, but even that. You were, like. How old were you when Malcolm in The middle started?
Bryan Cranston
41.
Dave
Yes.
Aaron Paul
And you weren't even supposed to be. Was that supposed to be as big of a role in that show at the beginning?
Bryan Cranston
Well, you know, I mean, to have a career, you have to be talented. You have to have perseverance and patience. But you also need a healthy dose of luck. He was going to be cut from our show but for the strike. Vince Gilligan didn't get that far in the show. And he wasn't killed in the first season.
Aaron Paul
Yes, by the way. No. And honestly, when we shot the pilot and Vince sold the idea of the arc of the show, the arc of the first season was Jesse Pinkman introduces Walt to the drug world. And by. Towards the end of the. Not even the finale. It's like the episode before the finale, Pinkman dies, and then Walt is then led to go out for revenge into
Anthony
the second season and beyond.
Dave
Good writing.
Aaron Paul
But when we.
Anthony
When we.
Bryan Cranston
I wish it would have happened that way.
Aaron Paul
When we shot the pilot and we got picked up, Vince told me while we were shooting the first season, towards the end of it, he pulled me over during lunch, and he's like, I want to. I want to. I want to tell you something. He's having lunch with all the. All the writers.
Bryan Cranston
I want you to start making the lunch for all the queen.
Anthony
Because you're about to die.
Bryan Cranston
Because you're about to die on the show.
Aaron Paul
But we want you to be like, I want you to know the original plan was to kill you off at the end of the season, and we still had, like, two more episodes to shoot. And my heart just starts pounding through my chest. I'm like, well, what do you mean? When am I going to die? He's like, no, no, no, you're not going to die. When we shot the pilot, and we saw what you and Brian were doing together. We just love that dynamic so much. So when they got picked up the first meeting in the writers room, they decided to change the whole dynamic.
Dave
That's amazing.
Aaron Paul
We're no longer going to have him die.
Anthony
Dude, your life could have been so, so different.
Aaron Paul
I would have been so pissed.
Dave
You still probably had a sad.
Aaron Paul
I would have been so sad.
Dave
Heartbroken. Yeah. It would break everyone's heart. You had the fear.
Anthony
You're, like, in my disposal.
Aaron Paul
And then he messes with me that I'm gonna die. Then he started. It was like the domino that fell. And then everybody sort of, like, started to get in on it. You know, it's like a producer came up to me. They're like, hey, you're gonna need to stay afterwards to get your, like, the measurements of the coffin.
Bryan Cranston
Measurements for what?
Aaron Paul
They're like, measurements for the. For the coffin. I was like, what coffin? They're like. And they're like, oh, my God. Right? You haven't read that? You know what?
Anthony
Forget it.
Aaron Paul
I'll let Vince talk to you about it.
Bryan Cranston
That's so.
Aaron Paul
What are they doing? It's all his fault.
Dave
And even. I mean, to me, Stringer Bell dying in the Wire, it's like a. Oh, my God. It's a chip to use as a series. If it's like, you have probably one time where you can really kill a beloved character. And when Stringer Bell died in the Wire, boy, was my world absolute.
Anthony
And the way he died.
Dave
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, God.
Dave
You know, who was a chip that died in a way. Look, somebody has to die at some point. You know what I mean? In a show like Breaking Bad or the Wire. And I thought a death that rocked me in Breaking Bad was Gus. Like, I mean, obviously, in general, his character, but the way in which his face fell off and then it was just.
Aaron Paul
Oh, yeah, I have that head. Great.
Dave
Oh, my God. Great use of a death, in my opinion, is the way Gus went out.
Anthony
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And that's a good point, because you shouldn't kill off a character without great value. You have to be careful of how you do that.
Dave
You know, Gus was the coolest death, but Hank was the one that gutted me the most.
Aaron Paul
Oh, my God. Wait, when did you guys get married?
Krista
August.
Anthony
We all got newlyweds.
Aaron Paul
Amazing. Enjoy it. Soak it up.
Anthony
We got married one month apart.
Dave
Yeah.
Anthony
How great.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, really?
Dave
Yeah. Back to back. Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Was that a plan or was it like.
Anthony
No, no, ours. Honestly, ours was the only time it could fit in our schedules that we. Or we'd have to wait another year. And we were like, oh, let's just do it then.
Krista
And he was on a deadline. He had. I gave him a. Oh, yeah.
Anthony
She gave an ultimatum.
Bryan Cranston
My wife did, too.
Anthony
Your wife gave an ultimatum?
Bryan Cranston
It was very subtle, but she was.
Anthony
We all shoot you.
Bryan Cranston
We were in our 30s. We were in our 30s already. And she's like, you know, anyone valuable with self? You know, of course. It's like self awareness. It's like, I'm not gonna wait forever.
Dave
I respect. Yeah, that's right. I could not respect an ultimatum more. In fact, it's crazy that we even live in a world where, like, the women gotta just wait till the men decide if they're worthy of it.
Aaron Paul
What did you guys meet?
Dave
A writer of my show, a wonderful woman named Vanessa.
Aaron Paul
Okay.
Dave
Who's a mutual friend. And one night, she was bowling with Vanessa, and Vanessa told me, because I was always saying, vanessa, you gotta know somebody, like, set me up. I was like a hopeless romantic, dating. Just waiting to. I really was, like, being patient. Exactly. And then she was like, oh, my God, my friend Kristen, I'm balling with her and I think she might be your wife. And it was like 11pm already. I went down at 11. It was like, oh, you went there? Yeah, yeah. I took an Uber. I didn't drive there.
Bryan Cranston
It's really bold to say. I think she might be proactive. Wow.
Dave
I know.
Anthony
The crazy thing is, 2019, I'm shooting a video with Selena.
Dave
Oh, yeah.
Anthony
I'm dating someone else.
Bryan Cranston
Okay.
Anthony
My mom's on the video shoot and she says, she's just sitting there, she's like, huh? And she's like, you should marry Selena. And I was like, what? And she was like, you should be dating someone like Selena. And there was, like, two times in my life where I, like, left a specific session or video with her where I was like, like, wow, she's so cool. She's, like, really cool. Cause we were friendly and we were friends, but we weren't, like, best friends. And every time I, like, hung out with her for an extended period of time, I'd be like, oh, my God, she's so cool. I actually an ex girlfriend of mine from way before that, like, five years before that. I was texting with her one time, and she said, like, you know, it's so great you guys got married. I remember you talking so positively about Selena even when we were together. Just as, like, a friendly thing. No, not as. Like, not as I Get it? Yeah.
Aaron Paul
So your mom planted the seed.
Anthony
My mom planted the seed. And she was like, you should really. And I was like, mom, I'm not. She was like, I really want you to be with. She's like. She's got her head on her shoulders.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Dave
Mom, I have a girlfriend.
Krista
Yeah.
Anthony
Yeah, I did. It was crazy. And I was like, she's so. She was like. She's so sweet, you know, she's this and that.
Aaron Paul
She's such a sweetheart.
Anthony
Everyone says you always meet your best or you always marry your best friend. Like, that's when it works. And it was like, she's my. She's my fucking best friend. And it's like, look at this.
Aaron Paul
Look at you two. Newbie. That's so cute.
Krista
We're having a good time together. He's a little bit afraid when we have kids. He's like, I know we're gonna have.
Dave
Well, fortunately, the reality is.
Aaron Paul
But that's normal. And that's.
Bryan Cranston
What's the reality.
Aaron Paul
The fear is normal.
Dave
I have a certain level. I always have a degree of incompetence to. Like, I'm incredibly smart in certain ways and incredibly incompetent in other ways.
Aaron Paul
Yeah. And
Dave
I just have.
Krista
Should I give the example of driving today?
Anthony
He doesn't know anything about neither one
Dave
of the speed limit. She goes. She goes, wait, no, wait. I'm driving, like, 38 miles an hour.
Krista
No, no. She goes, he's driving 23 miles an hour.
Bryan Cranston
There's a car right.
Dave
There's a car right in front of me.
Krista
But there's an open lane.
Anthony
Open lane. Okay.
Dave
She goes, you know, the speed limit's 45. I say, okay, there's a car right now.
Krista
No, no, you go, okay. Am I going too fast?
Dave
Yes. Am I going too fast?
Krista
And I thought, well, wouldn't he look at the speed? It's right next to us.
Dave
I did. I looked at it previous. Before that, I was cruising in about 40.
Krista
I just didn't. I said, are you asking? I said, I don't understand. Like, to me, my brain was like, if someone says to me, do you know the speed limit's 45? I would instantly look at the speedometer in front of me and see neither
Anthony
one of them are prepared to have children now.
Dave
So I think that there's a level of incompetence to me that is just innate in me, that on the one hand, I want to be like, I will work on that, and I should work on that, and I will work on that. But I think. I think that there Is something in me that is really an uphill battle. But I will be better than I would be if I did nothing. But I still will never be the great version of that. Competent, like, at all times. There are certain things that I'm gonna do that's better than any father could ever do. But there are other things that I'm.
Aaron Paul
I will say, the moment you have a child.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
There's something that has been laid dormant inside of you that just comes out of you the moment. It's just like natural instincts, you know, Granted. Yeah. There are some people that clearly should not be parents. You know what I mean? Just like the abusive, mean people. But you are just such ray of light, you know, like, he's just such great energy. You're a good people.
Dave
Thank you.
Aaron Paul
And he loves our dog.
Anthony
You guys will make sure. You guys will make. You guys will make up for all your shortcomings with love. With love.
Dave
I have a lot of love to give, for sure.
Aaron Paul
I can tell that about you.
Dave
Thank you.
Bryan Cranston
You know, you feel like I can take care of myself. You get married, you have a partner. You go, yeah, I can expand that to feeling responsible for each other.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And then you expand it to a child. And for the first time in my life, I had fear.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Like, what? What? How can I protect this little being? And you start. You know, you have some nightmares sometimes. Oh, God.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
So you start wearing your heart on the outside when you have a child.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And you will forever be parenting. Our daughter's 33 years old.
Aaron Paul
School crazy.
Bryan Cranston
We don't stop parenting.
Dave
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
You just do it differently.
Anthony
Are you scared when you first had a kid?
Bryan Cranston
Kind of. But also excited.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Terribly excited.
Aaron Paul
But it's good to be scared.
Krista
Yeah. Yeah, Yeah.
Aaron Paul
I was terrified. It creates Claus. It's the greatest thing in the world. It is good to be actors and
Krista
be scared because you get another feeling of, like, human emotion that you're kind
Bryan Cranston
of used to that. And again, going back into the we don't know anything kind of thing.
Dave
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
We go into something we're not really sure. Well, that's parenting again. Like, oh, it's like what we do in acting.
Anthony
My mom told me this. My mom said, nobody knows anything. She said, first of all, people now know way too much. She's like, back in the day, there was nothing. There was no app. There was no anything.
Krista
Yeah.
Anthony
You're just like, oh, what does this mean? And she was like, and you figured it out. My mom said, idiots, figure it out.
Aaron Paul
She was like, I love your Mom. Yeah.
Anthony
She's like, there's people who's. True.
Bryan Cranston
It's true. You'll figure it out. Mmm.
Dave
KFC Box Feast.
Anthony
Chuck, I can't let you have one more bite. Cause I gotta say something.
Dave
Well, hurry up.
Bryan Cranston
Johnny's gotta eat.
Anthony
The Colonel didn't do the math. He did the chicken. I mean, it's the only way we can explain this irrational amount of food. Mm. Look how much food you saved.
Dave
7.
Krista
9. 11.
Dave
For $11, I have chicken fingers, a thick, big sandwich and fries and a drink that's not in hand, but it exists.
Anthony
You can have Pepsi, zero sugar, the Colonel's signature lemonade.
Dave
Yeah, we don't have to.
Anthony
Sweet light.
Dave
We don't have to name all the drinks. Time to feast at kfc. Prices and participation may vary. Tax, tip and fees. Extra sweet Lightning peaches.
Anthony
Mmm.
Dave
When you need a new mattress, what do you do? I used to, like, go store to store and lie on the thing, but now I go on this website that Helix has and I take a quiz and I really get all this thoughtful information about exactly what type of mattress I should use. And I actually have a huge Helix.
Krista
It's way more efficient to do it this way.
Anthony
Are you telling me we've been sleeping on Helix, That I can rid myself of back pain and overheating?
Krista
You can. You can get to a better place in life.
Anthony
Where do I go for this sleep quiz?
Dave
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Krista
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Anthony
We sent you.
Bryan Cranston
You.
Anthony
We're sending you right now.
Dave
Elexsleep.comfks it's so rare to have.
Krista
You know, there's like, three shows that people talk about being the biggest shows ever. Now you have, like, successful things after it. Do you guys still, like, seek new. Are you still seeking, like, it's all about balance?
Dave
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
The adults seeking balance. How much to yourself, how much to your partner, how much to your children, how much to your house, how much to your folks, how much. You know, it's constantly moving up and down, and that's what we're doing. You're looking for.
Krista
Yeah. You're balancing your everyday human life.
Bryan Cranston
You want to try to find some kind of balance.
Aaron Paul
As you know, it's such a blessing to just. Just be here, to exist, but to do what you truly love, whatever that may be.
Dave
Yes.
Aaron Paul
To do what you truly love is such a blessing. And then why I really started to lean into business is. Has allowed me to just be with my wife and kiddos.
Dave
That's so good.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
You know what I mean?
Aaron Paul
It really has. I love that because I can do this anywhere.
Krista
Yeah.
Aaron Paul
And, you know, I have to pop away from time, you know, from time to time, just for, you know, business trips.
Krista
But did that shift after, like, Breaking Bad? Like, I feel like a lot of actors in this town, it's like you're waiting for this big thing that you get to have to show what you're capable of, like.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Krista
And then you got that thing. Then did you guys kind of feel like this part of me, at least, has been somewhat shown, that I can kind of move?
Aaron Paul
Well, you know, I think I can answer for both of us, but you definitely got more opportunities before Breaking Bad than I did. But then once Breaking Bad happened, happened, it was. It was crazy. The opportunities that started presenting themselves to. To us and everyone really involved in the show. And so it's just all about trying to be sort of selective and picky on what you want to tackle next, because in this industry, you're just like, you're really only as good as your most recent project, unless.
Dave
Unless you guys are you. And you made the best show of all time, and that's.
Krista
It's unique.
Bryan Cranston
And that should, you know, we move on. We do other things, other series, other movies or theater, whatever. To know that the first line in our eventual obituaries will be Breaking Bad.
Aaron Paul
Yeah, is great.
Anthony
Or it could say, tequila caviar, Dos hombres. Exactly. I did have one other question. I did have one other question.
Krista
And then I have another question.
Dave
I bet you have more than one.
Anthony
I think this is my last question I care about.
Dave
He always asks. I got one more question. It's like, yes, 15,000.
Aaron Paul
I'm just so happy for the three of you. I'm just having. This is such a great time. I haven't done a podcast or any radio in north of a decade.
Dave
Hell, yeah.
Aaron Paul
I swore it off.
Dave
Wow.
Bryan Cranston
He had a bad experience.
Aaron Paul
I had a bad experience, you know, north of 10 years ago on a radio tour. You know, you wake up at four in the morning and you're doing. And. But then they're just like. The personalities were just way too intense for me that early in the morning, and they. It just felt like they were jabbing me a little bit, and I'm like, you know what? I don't. I don't want to do this anymore. So I've been saying no to literally everything. But I. I mean, I love this guy. I actually met you two at the same time, the same day, like, years ago.
Krista
Yeah, yeah, but you remembered him.
Aaron Paul
But no, no, no.
Anthony
We actually stayed in touch. We stay in touch.
Krista
He's flaky.
Anthony
But I.
Aaron Paul
When this. When this came out, I became such a massive fan. And then, you know, we got a note that you asked us to be a part of it. So I reached out. I'm like, hey, we would love to do it. And so anyways, you guys, it's such a great time.
Dave
Thank you for saying that. I feel like this has been out so such a small amount of time that it. Like, we've really.
Aaron Paul
What a great response.
Anthony
I know.
Aaron Paul
We're so fortunate.
Krista
Are they read me the comments? Anything negative?
Dave
So she's had to completely. She disconnects completely from any feedback.
Aaron Paul
Actually, you look at my social media. I have two posts. I do not go on social media.
Bryan Cranston
You have to consider social media just as you do food.
Dave
Oh, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
You're putting it into your body. You're putting social media into your brain. Is it healthy for you? You have to have a filter and say, enough.
Dave
We don't think you should be addicted, but we're gonna keep pumping out the content.
Bryan Cranston
No social channels.
Krista
I think that I go to TikTok and I go to Instagram for actual connection and a rush of dopamine when I show up.
Aaron Paul
That's what it is. It's the most widely accepted drug in the world.
Krista
Yes.
Anthony
Like, and I should be coming to your man. This is my dopamine. You should be going to Caviar and Tequila.
Krista
Yes, I will.
Dave
We're gonna use that.
Aaron Paul
I love that you keep diving in.
Krista
I love it.
Anthony
I'm proud of all of you. I want to ask my one question
Dave
I haven't even asked yet.
Anthony
Okay.
Krista
If a man came in here with a gun.
Anthony
No, that's my second.
Aaron Paul
Who would you protect first?
Krista
Try to suck your dick?
Anthony
No. That's almost what I was gonna ask. No, so. So my question was you actually shaved your head for the show, right?
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Anthony
Did you, like, have to. Were you so scared? Have you ever seen your head. Have you ever seen your head with, like.
Dave
Did you.
Anthony
What if you had, like, moles or shit. Come.
Dave
You didn't keep it for.
Aaron Paul
That was your burning question.
Anthony
Or did your wife. Yeah.
Dave
Actually think it's a good question.
Anthony
Was your wife, like, are you fucking nuts?
Bryan Cranston
No, no, no. I mean, we're actors. I'm looking forward to Looking different, feeling different.
Anthony
Yeah, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
In between jobs, I usually grow my hair. Grow facial hair.
Anthony
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
I'm working on the studio right now, so I keep it.
Anthony
Yeah, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Clean shave.
Dave
Great show.
Bryan Cranston
It's a fun show.
Dave
Great show.
Bryan Cranston
But. But to shave my head, it. It saved me time. It would have caught. It would have saved. It would have. I would have had how much money come in earlier in the day to put on the ball cap, to put it down and to do the.
Anthony
They gave you the option.
Aaron Paul
But also when you have a bald cap on you, you are aware of it.
Krista
Oh, yeah.
Aaron Paul
You're aware of it.
Bryan Cranston
And over 13, 14 hours, it gets hot.
Krista
Hot. Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Because you're, you're, you know, the heat stays in and it's like.
Aaron Paul
No.
Anthony
Dave said his dream, we always talk about our dream would be at the height of everything.
Dave
Yes.
Anthony
We on this show shave our full from here all the way to here. Eyebrows and everything. Just whole thing.
Dave
Nothing else matters.
Aaron Paul
Great idea.
Dave
When we feel like, you know what,
Aaron Paul
we'll do it right now.
Bryan Cranston
Great idea.
Dave
Right now. I don't know.
Krista
Can I ask a question about theater?
Dave
Yeah.
Krista
Did you do theater before? Like when you first started, you were doing theater?
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Krista
Okay. Cause I was gonna say that's it.
Anthony
That's the Anthony request.
Aaron Paul
Have you seen him on stage?
Dave
No.
Krista
No. But I can tell you'd be incredible. Cause you have such a focus. Like, you have such a good, like.
Bryan Cranston
I'm sorry, what?
Krista
But I think my question really was with tv, do you like theater more than you like acting on tv? It's really nice.
Bryan Cranston
It's more immediate. Immediately rewarding.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
It's like doing stand up, doing, you know, you're right there. You can feel the audience.
Krista
It's a high.
Bryan Cranston
It's a high. It's a. Yeah. You're getting an ebb and flow relationship with the audience. Your responsibility is to guide them to a story.
Anthony
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And if you don't do it, it's not their fault. It's your fault. It's like so you can feel sometimes they're quiet it. But they're really attentive. Sometimes they're boisterous and laughing at everything. And it's like, oh, that's maybe a bit too much. But who knows?
Krista
I guess TV and film, you have to just go in and out and in and out and like snap in and out. But theaters, that's.
Bryan Cranston
That's exactly how I explain it too. In, in television and film, we're in the bits and pieces business.
Dave
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
Little bit. Little piece. Little bit Little piece.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
In theater, it's a beginning, middle, and end. Every performance, so much more revealing.
Dave
I love revealing.
Bryan Cranston
But that's why it's more. It's tough. Tougher. It's harder for an actor.
Dave
Oh, my God. It's one take.
Anthony
Oh, my God.
Krista
But it's so hard.
Bryan Cranston
But every. You know, it's like. Like, occasionally you'll have a part on your show where, oh, this is the emotional part. I. Oh, God. But if you pick a good play, you have that every performance. It's a gut punch. And you should, you know, well, why do the play? And so I finished this play on my birthday, March 7th.
Krista
7th.
Bryan Cranston
On my 70th birthday. The play's over. Three days later, I fly to Italy to do two episodes of the studio in Venice. Now I'm playing this really crazed, wacky character who's in comedy. So the difference from sublime to the ridiculous. Yeah, you know, it was. It was. It was such a relief. It was like going on vacation to do the.
Anthony
It was also.
Aaron Paul
You had to go to such turmoil in this play. And how many. How many shows did you do?
Bryan Cranston
115.
Aaron Paul
I mean, I cannot believe that. I mean, what you had to put your body through.
Krista
Do you guys feel like every actor has, like, a little bit of method acting?
Aaron Paul
Depends on your definition of method. You know, method acting. I mean, my process is. I mean, the first two years, for example, of Breaking Bad, I tried to just stay. Just stay in it. Cause I was nervous to lose it, you know? And he came up to me towards the end of the second season. I remember we were washing off our makeup, and he came up to me. He's like, it's okay to just wash off your makeup and just be.
Dave
You know, you don't have to keep doing this at every.
Aaron Paul
He was looking out for me. He saw the shit I was putting myself through, sustained. You know what I mean? And it was really, really, really hard on me. But I remember going home and I couldn't get that out of my mind. I'm like, I think he's right. He's right. And so moving on, I just try to force myself to believe that these circumstances are just truly happening to me as that guy. You know what I mean? Everyone has a different process.
Dave
Here's a question I have. For example, the scene where you're in the crawl space and the episode ends with you laughing. Do you know that you have the ability physically to do that type of laugh? And you practice and you know that you have that in you, or do you Just kind of leave it up to letting your emotions get taken over by the character. In that moment, whatever happens, happens.
Aaron Paul
And was sorry, just to add to that. Was that. I can't remember. Was that laugh. Was it scripted?
Dave
Yes.
Anthony
Great.
Bryan Cranston
Thank you.
Dave
Thank you.
Bryan Cranston
It was scripted that he laughs at the absurdity of the situation. So knowing I was going to do that, I start thinking what do I find absurd? That so it not necessarily funny, but just how the. Did this happen? Kind of thing that you can like ease into and, and I don't know what I was thinking of. That's many years ago. So you find something that you're like, oh, that was, that was a weird time. Yeah. And you kind of have that as you're reading through the script and you, you file it away almost like you put a little post it note in the back of your brain. And if you, when you're doing the scene, if it comes out, it comes out. If it doesn't, it doesn't. You find something else.
Anthony
How interesting.
Dave
Like for me, and I'm not a good example of what an actor is, I feel like I can really act like myself. But these, inhabiting these other people I would struggle with more or less because I feel like I have trouble getting out of my own head. And I would always be aware that I am me and I am playing this character, et cetera. So for me, my best bet, if I had to do that scene, I would have literally practiced, like at least evaluated what would I do if I laughed really hard? And like, what does that sound like? Do I even like the way that feels? Can I replicate, can I do that over and over? I would have like gamed it all out.
Bryan Cranston
It's probably a dangerous thing for an actor to think along those terms because what you're describing is a result is you're looking for how would it actually sound, the director in it at the end of it. Yes. For an actor, you want to leave it open. You don't want to come to a result because it might be the wrong one. On the day when you're doing something, you're going okay.
Aaron Paul
And also you don't know what the other performer is going to be throwing your way. You know, the, the, the dialogue, the script, but just how they are emoting everything is going to change everything.
Anthony
It's like, it's like when you freestyle, it's like, it's like you never know what's gonna. And that's when you always get the best stuff. When you're like not thinking. Yeah, I guess like, when you go in thinking about, like, how you have to attack the verse, it's like you always say, like. Like you'll say, like, oh, my God. Just, like, do anything random because that's when you're gonna get the best.
Dave
Are you. Are you. Are you like, I'm Walter White? Or are you like, I'm Bryan Cranston playing Walter White? Or you're not like, does that. Those thoughts don't even come into your head?
Bryan Cranston
No, you're thinking. You're thinking as the character.
Dave
You're thinking, I'm Walter White.
Bryan Cranston
So that whatever he would do that wasn't necessarily scripted or something, a behavior or something Walter would have a specific reaction to, Brian would react differently. So you stay in the character.
Dave
How do you do that? You take classes.
Bryan Cranston
It's a gym. You go to the gym. You know, your body goes, oh, I know what we're doing here. I. I'm used to. I know what this exercise is. I know what I'm supposed to do. You. And so work for us is like going to the gym. We're familiar with it. And if. But I need to stress. And I tell young actors this all the time. Any kind of instinct doesn't mean you can't prepare. You need to work. I don't think I've ever really worked with a genius who just go. And I. And they. They're brilliant.
Dave
Yeah, it.
Bryan Cranston
No, it's a lot of hard work.
Krista
Would you guys be like, hey, let's rehearse this and, like, find the rhythm?
Aaron Paul
Not necessarily. No, no. Yeah. On the day we run lines, like we. From the pilot to the finale, we shared a trail. Like a double banger. Yeah, like a trailer split in half. He had one side, I had the other. And we would read lines, you know, outside of the trailer or like in the hair and makeup trailer.
Dave
Was there a lot of improv in Breaking Bad or. None.
Bryan Cranston
No, no, no. It was such a beautifully written, it's unbelievable story that you. You don't want to touch.
Dave
Thank God you guys didn't fuck that up. We gotta talk about the frame tv.
Krista
I would love to.
Dave
It's Samsung's item.
Krista
It's beautiful. It, like, draws your eyes to it. Where before you'd be like, oh, there's a black box. Now you're like, oh, my gosh, you have this art. And then I love saying to people, that's a tv.
Dave
I know. I love that feeling.
Anthony
It's not just, like, basic art. This is an art you can find anywhere. It's got so much like, exclusive curation. And you can access it on the Samsung art store and it gives back to the artist. And for me, for me, like, I collect art and I see this, literally, I'm just as proud of my framed TV as I am of a framed piece of art.
Dave
I have go to Samsung and check out the Frame TV.
Krista
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Anthony
You know, I really think therapy gave me, like, a little, like, mental toolbox of how I can understand myself as I'm having a panic attack, as I'm. I'm going through those moments where I really don't know. I feel like my life is ending and there's no other way I can get around it. And then I have this little toolbox that's like, calm down. Take a step back, assess the situation. Everything happens within the time that it's supposed to. And I just have all these little, like, voices now in the back of my head that tell me the right thing of what to do in each moment.
Krista
I love that.
Dave
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Anthony
One, anytime I see you, you're either with your wife and kids, and it's such a beautiful thing. You really do walk the walk and talk the talk. Like, anytime I see him, he's like, you're like, so I think I've only seen you one time when you weren't either with your wife or kids or
Bryan Cranston
both or pining to be.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Anthony
Yeah. And it's very cool that you've been able to do all this stuff and it's like. And still do that. And it's something I really aspire to. And you're like, work, life, balance from afar. Seems great. Two, I don't even know if you guys know this. How stoked are you? His daughter is an amazing actor. She's on one of the biggest shows, and it's like, yeah, what does that feel like?
Aaron Paul
So amazing, dude.
Dave
Better than Heisenberg.
Bryan Cranston
Here's the yeah. Yes. Because as a parent, as a parent, I will tell you, as you prepare, as you prepare the thing you want more than anything, the thing you dream about and say prayers about, please let my children find happiness and joy. I don't care what it is, what occupation they end up or who their partner is. Please let it be joyful and happy. That's all you want. You Know, and so Taylor being raised in this business, and she knew my parents were actors, and my grandfather was an actor in vaudeville. So she's fourth generation actor. And she knows. And she knows the ups and downs and the ins and outs. And it's like, okay, this is a. She's been around it. It's a family business, Very common. But the biggest blessing for Robin and I are that she's in it for the right reasons. She loves it. She's in love with. You can tell she's in love with the art. And that will sustain. And that's what I tell young people. I said, if you. Stanislavski, the famous Russian actor and teacher and the father of the method, he had a quote that said, love the art within you, not you within the art. Love how it makes you feel, the empowerment, the art within you that motivates you. But not go, oh, I want to see my name in lights. I want to buy that house. I want to. You know, that's in love with the. With something else that will never sustain.
Anthony
Of course it's funny, Dave.
Dave
I'm not like that.
Anthony
I always. No, I always know.
Dave
Didn't I feel like he was going to say that?
Anthony
No, I was going to say Dave
Dave
loves his face on the billboard.
Anthony
I always know this about me and him is that, of course, we love knowing that something's gonna be great, but I know we kill ourselves and we do it because it's like the inside of. You have to scratch within us. Like, even if no one, I would still be making all the songs the same way, doing everything the same way, because it just scratches that itch that I love.
Bryan Cranston
Okay, so 47 years of doing this and working on some really, really wonderful material, both and theater. And the one common denominator that I've noticed with anyone who is a director, writer, producer, is that good enough, Is never good enough.
Dave
Oh, yeah.
Bryan Cranston
It's like.
Aaron Paul
It's like, oh, we're doing it again and again. You just got to keep going.
Bryan Cranston
Vince Gilligan.
Dave
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
When he's. When he was directing several episodes of Breaking Bad, he knew that their time is of the essence. So you're doing a show, you got to keep moving.
Krista
Yes.
Bryan Cranston
And so he would literally take his forefinger and his middle finger and touch his forehead and like, what else? What else? What.
Dave
What am I missing?
Bryan Cranston
What am I doing? So he agonized over it. It wasn't like free flowing.
Aaron Paul
Don't.
Bryan Cranston
You can't picture Vince Gilligan just, oh,
Anthony
no, that makes me feel good.
Bryan Cranston
Done.
Anthony
That makes it's like, no, that makes me feel good.
Bryan Cranston
Agonizing. What am I missing?
Anthony
What am I.
Aaron Paul
It's got to be better.
Bryan Cranston
It's got to be better.
Aaron Paul
And he loves riding himself into a corner, of course. So it is incredibly hard to get out. So the audience goes through that experience. So getting better, the love.
Bryan Cranston
The only way you're going to go beyond that's good enough, Right. Is because you have a passion for it. You got to make it better. You got to make it better. You got to keep slugging it in the face to make it better.
Krista
Somehow you, like, feel the tension and the friction of even your performances.
Bryan Cranston
And, you know, as writers, directors, producers, and actors.
Dave
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Is that rappers? There are times. Yeah, there are times when you go, I'm exhausted, man. Our. Our exhaustion at the moment is really temporary. But what we're making lasts forever.
Krista
But that's.
Bryan Cranston
And if you keep that. If you keep that in mind, you go, it'll push you through. It'll push you through that next level. You got to keep pushing through, because this moment of being just is just now, but what you're making forever. And if you can remember that, it'll serve you.
Krista
And if you can sum it up,
Dave
one of the reasons I called my show Dave, because I really wanted to put my name on the line and really feel like I was like, this is gonna live forever. I'm gonna give it my all. I'm gonna put my best foot forward. I give it my all.
Bryan Cranston
You did, man.
Dave
I gave it my all in a way that I think other people are surprised by. But when they're working on it, they can't help but respect it.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Dave
And then they want to give it their all. And I think ultimately the consumer can feel it in the product. If it's be like, there are certain things that are.
Anthony
Oh, my God. Okay, what do I want? An Olipop. Of course I do. A BlackBerry. Vanilla Raspberry. Raspberry sherbet. I gotta taste one of these bad boys right now. Oh, yeah. This literally reminds me me of when I was a kid. Hoffman's roller coasters, amusement park. My grandmother Mimi buying me a sherbet. Okay, I got to get a few of these guys. Actually, I'm leaving these all in here. I'm saving them for myself. Love you guys.
Aaron Paul
And I. I remember you. You came to me for a, like, a quick little episode, but I was shooting. I was so bummed. I just want you. I'm happy. I can tell you personally, I remember that. I remember you telling me oh, this would have been so, so fun. Because sadly, I actually don't do much fun comedy, you know, and I wish I did.
Dave
Yeah, you seem funny, dude.
Aaron Paul
I wish.
Anthony
You're so funny.
Aaron Paul
We should do a comedy. We go, let's go.
Anthony
It's right now, guys. You ready?
Aaron Paul
The people.
Bryan Cranston
No.
Dave
Hey, the theme song of break. Like the. You like, you love that.
Bryan Cranston
It's odd. Odd. So, no, no, I, I, I, I liked it because. Because it, it wasn't something that was familiar.
Dave
Yes.
Krista
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
So anytime that you place an audience in a little, they're on their heels. It's better. Especially for that show.
Anthony
I used to stay and listen to it. Like, you know, like, you know how you can press skip?
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Anthony
I never skipped. Never skipped. I loved it was. He was like that one and that one and Sopranos. I always stayed for what's next for you.
Krista
What are you looking forward to? Like, what's up? What's up? What's up?
Dave
What are you doing this summer?
Anthony
What's up? We got about 30 seconds.
Bryan Cranston
I'm getting my shoulder replaced.
Anthony
Can we have, like, a cartilage something?
Bryan Cranston
No cartilage. That's why I have to get my shoulder replaced. Are you nervous? Bone against bone? No, I'm looking forward to it.
Dave
Nice.
Bryan Cranston
I'm actually excited because I have such limited mobility with this, like, look, this is as far as I can take my arm up my back.
Dave
Okay.
Krista
Oh, wow.
Dave
But you never really need to reach back.
Krista
Yeah, you don't need that.
Anthony
Let's go up there.
Bryan Cranston
I can't put on a jacket.
Dave
Can you go like this? Okay, you can do a little that.
Krista
Does it hurt?
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Anthony
Look at this. Okay, this here. Oh, don't compare this there.
Dave
That's just double jointedness.
Anthony
No, no, no. My surgery.
Bryan Cranston
You can't get it over.
Anthony
I had a carpet tunnel or something. No, I had a. I had to get 41 stitches. I like.
Bryan Cranston
Oh, sliced it.
Anthony
Yeah. Yeah. But, like, look, for. I ruined the stuff.
Krista
You're not using that thumb.
Anthony
I know, but it does. It gets in the way of music.
Aaron Paul
I'll bet it does.
Anthony
Yeah. I can't stretch, like, the way I want to, but. Oh, my God, you're going to feel so much better. My friend got his hip replaced and said it changed his life.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah.
Krista
Is it all from you throwing? Like, is it all from your parents?
Bryan Cranston
It's like a lot from baseball and just being a boy.
Anthony
And now were you like, next level baseball player?
Bryan Cranston
No, no, no, no, no, no. I love the game much more than I was.
Anthony
Good At. You still watch baseball a lot?
Bryan Cranston
A lot. I'm a big Dodger fan.
Anthony
So you like Shohei?
Bryan Cranston
Oh, yeah.
Krista
Yeah.
Dave
It's the most impressive thing that's happened in sports in any of our lifetimes.
Anthony
I met Shohei.
Bryan Cranston
I think so. Yeah. People talking about that Shoi's the best.
Dave
They are. But it's a little bit. It's not really. It's not like, lebronized because it's baseball and because he's not American, but what he's doing.
Anthony
Those are good pants. I'd wear those every day too.
Aaron Paul
I'll get you a pair.
Anthony
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
Well, thank you for dressing up, first of all. That was very.
Anthony
We were so nervous to do it.
Krista
Are you guys sick of it?
Bryan Cranston
No, no.
Aaron Paul
It's a blessing.
Bryan Cranston
This, this show changed our lives, and it also introduced us to each other.
Dave
The fact that you guys, like, he's
Aaron Paul
the greatest skip from the show.
Dave
As much as I love the show,
Aaron Paul
that and the money and of course,
Dave
the acclaim, I, I.
Aaron Paul
The final day, we were able to work the final day, and we were back in the desert, and we had to do a speech in front of the crew. And I felt I was holding it together, but I was waiting to say something to him until the end, and I just couldn't do it. I just started weeping, you know, because he's just.
Dave
I'm crying now.
Krista
I know.
Anthony
I didn't.
Aaron Paul
He's just, he's just the best. I've learned so much from him on screen. Screen and off. And I just. Yeah. I love the man.
Dave
Do you love him as much or not?
Anthony
Yeah. You haven't said things.
Aaron Paul
No, I mean, I, I, it's very clear. I love him more. Which is fine. Which is fine. Love now with the tequila. I know he loves me. And, you know, my, you know, he's my son's godfather.
Anthony
You haven't said a lot. He's been oozing see your daughter.
Bryan Cranston
He's an oozer.
Aaron Paul
You know, I am. You know, that's what they say. I'm an oozer. I ooze a lot.
Bryan Cranston
But.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Dave
Brian, would you like to say something?
Aaron Paul
What a blessing, Aaron.
Bryan Cranston
You know, we, we formed this company of Dos Hombres because we missed each other.
Anthony
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And if we had played golf, we probably wouldn't have had the company. But that, that's. And it was an interesting realization for me as a, as a man growing up in my era, and, you know, because I was born in the 50s, raised basically in the 60s and early 70s, and it was you know, kind of rigid in what a man should do and a man don't. Men don't cry. And I was like. And to. To get to a point where you feel a true love for someone else, you know, in a platonic way, but a deep, deep love and a friendship and knowing that we're going to be friends forever.
Aaron Paul
Yeah.
Bryan Cranston
And. And I love his children, and I.
Aaron Paul
They call him Monkey Man.
Bryan Cranston
I understand.
Anthony
I get it.
Aaron Paul
That's what they think his name is. His Monkey Man.
Anthony
I get it. You look a monkey Man.
Bryan Cranston
Yeah. And I just, you know, I just. I light up when I. When I see them, because it's just. You're. You're a really terrific father, too. Thank you, brother. And he is. Is such. He is such a great dad and a great husband.
Aaron Paul
And.
Bryan Cranston
And, you know, that's the thing.
Krista
You.
Bryan Cranston
You. It's. You can have it all. That's the thing, you realize.
Anthony
You can have it all.
Bryan Cranston
I think that's a good thing to go on.
Anthony
You can have it all.
Bryan Cranston
You can have it all.
Podcast: Friends Keep Secrets
Hosts: Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky (Dave Burd), Kristin Batalucco
Guests: Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul
Date: June 23, 2026
This episode of Friends Keep Secrets welcomes Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul for an ultra-casual, playful, and deeply personal deep-dive into all things Breaking Bad, friendship, creativity, and aging as artists and humans. The intimate hang unfolds with the hosts dressed in Breaking Bad costumes, homemade margaritas and mezcal tastings, physical antics involving fake beakers, and raw reflections on career, marriage, and legacy. The episode captures the unique chemistry between the guests, the hosts, and the magic of authentic, unfiltered conversation.
The conversation is warm, irreverent, and honest—full of wisecracking, vulnerability, and behind-the-scenes gold. The guests and hosts treat each other like old friends, giving listeners the sensation of peeking into a rare reunion, not a press tour.
This episode is a celebration of shared history, lasting friendship, and the enduring creative spirit. For fans of Breaking Bad, it offers untold stories, playful chemistry, and earnest advice about both acting and life. For everyone else, it’s a rare, laughter-filled window into the magic that happens when the right people sit down together and just let it flow.
Essential Quote:
“You can have it all. That’s the thing, you realize.”
— Bryan Cranston [72:31]