Bryan Cranston (Part 1): Breaking Open a Character

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Actor Bryan Cranston (Your Honor, Breaking Bad) and Rainn Wilson dive deep into what it takes to build a character. They explore the morality of Breaking Bad's Walter White, exploring the fine line between ambition and ethical compromise. With insights from both the small screen and personal life, Cranston reflects on his iconic role and what it reveals about human nature. Rainn and Bryan reflect on the impact their iconic characters, Dwight Schrute and Walter White, made on television history. The two also share their perspectives on forever being first known for the roles they played. Thank you to our sponsors! Pique Tea (15% OFF!): https://piquelife.com/SOUL HOKA: https://bit.ly/HokaSoulBoom Waking Up app (1st month FREE!): https://wakingup.com/soulboom Fetzer Institute: https://fetzer.org/ Sign up for our newsletter! https://soulboom.substack.com SUBSCRIBE to Soul Boom!! https://bit.ly/Subscribe2SoulBoom Watch our Clips: https://bit.ly/SoulBoomCLIPS Watch WISDOM DUMP: https://bit.ly/WISDOMDUMP Follow us! Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulboom TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@soulboom Sponsor Soul Boom: [email protected] Work with Soul Boom: [email protected] Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: [email protected] Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Spring Green Films Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Voicing Change Media Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat

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0:33.6	I always say, like, Breaking Bad wasn't a story that promulgated drug use or drug dealing.
0:42.5	It was a story of bad decision making.
0:45.3	It was the story of broken character.
0:48.8	At the moment that he needed that moral support, it failed him.
0:53.5	And he said, I don't have the luxury of being
0:56.9	able to be generous at this time. And what happened then, once people realize, I don't blame him,
1:03.1	I don't blame him. Oh, no, he's starting to hurt people. Well, you're on that spiral. Rob a bank,
1:08.5	make crystal meth. You're trying to become someone you are not. And by doing
1:13.3	so, you are creating situations that would not have occurred in the natural universe for yourself.
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