Bob Odenkirk Would Like to Remind You That Life Is a Meaningless Farce
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 25 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times, this is the interview. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm David Markezy. |
| 0:11.7 | Bob Odenkirk has had one of show businesses' most wonderfully improbable careers. |
| 0:17.3 | After decades as a cult hero in the comedy world, thanks mostly to his 90s sketch series |
| 0:21.6 | Mr. Show with Bob and David, he became a mainstream success, as of all things, a serious |
| 0:27.2 | dramatic actor. |
| 0:29.1 | First in a supporting part as the Shifty lawyer Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, and then to further |
| 0:33.7 | acclaim as the star of that show's spin-off, Better Call Saul. |
| 0:43.4 | Lately, his career has taken another turn that few could have seen coming, to action movie star. |
| 0:45.8 | The latest example is called Normal. |
| 0:52.7 | In it, Odenkirk plays a small-town Minnesota sheriff facing off against, among other villains, the Yakuza. |
| 0:58.2 | You might think that at 63 years old, Odenkirk would be pretty pleased with the way his career and life have shaken out. |
| 1:00.6 | But you'd be wrong. |
| 1:02.2 | Here's my conversation with Bob Odenkirk. |
| 1:08.9 | Bob, I think we're good to go if you're good to go. |
| 1:12.0 | This is a big production, as I said to you. |
| 1:14.7 | I know. |
| 1:15.0 | We were just sitting down. |
| 1:16.1 | It just feels very important in a way that scares the shit out of me. |
| 1:22.9 | But onwards. |
| 1:25.6 | All right. |
| 1:26.1 | I don't want you to be scared. |
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