I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.
— Aaron Paul
I got spoiled on 'Breaking Bad.' Playing the same guy for four or five seasons, you get to really explore who the character is.
I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.
It's very exciting to be able to just work in this business, let alone on stuff you are extremely proud of. So it does make me a little nervous, because 'Breaking Bad' is so special. It's great being part of something so great because people pay attention to you, hopefully because you're doing good work.
You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.
I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
I hate musicals. There, I said it.
When I was a kid growing up, I used to watch 'DuckTales.'
The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
I get random meetings, like, 'Ron Howard would like to sit down with you.' 'Really?' If 'Breaking Bad' hadn't happened, Ron Howard probably wouldn't want to sit down with me. Because he would have no idea who I was.
My family never owned a home. We leased.
It was the roughest day of my career, my final day of shooting on 'Breaking Bad,' knowing that I will never be able to kind of zip on that skin again.
My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
A lot of people get emotional in movies that are cartoons, but not in TV shows.
With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.
I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
I've got to be honest and say that, growing up, I wasn't a big sports guy, but I love the camaraderie. I just love people getting together, fighting for a team and getting super-emotional about it.
It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
I live a good life but a pretty simply life. I just store all my money under my mattress. My wife and I travel, and I bought my dream car, the Cobra.
What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know when you're going to Sundance that you're going to see top-quality projects.
I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.
You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.
There's three networks you want to be on: It's either AMC, HBO, or Showtime.
I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.
I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.
If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.
My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.
I always gravitate towards the independent side of things, just because those are the stories I always fall in love with, but you don't really get paid, and living in Los Angeles is expensive, and I have a mortgage to pay. So it's good to jump onto a studio film and then in all my other time do small passion projects.
On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers to duck into.
I moved out to Los Angeles a fan of many people, and meeting people I put on a pedestal that just disappointed me. Without fans, this business would not exist, so I try and say that we're all on the same level.
You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush.
I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.
I drive a 1965 Shelby Cobra. I love classic muscle cars.
I rode a shark once. I wouldn't recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don't think we are meant to ride them.
I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.
My dad didn't want me to listen to Zeppelin, I think because it reminded him of his wilder days, and now he's a retired Southern Baptist minister.
I moved back to Idaho when I was 6 or 7 and then lived in a little town called Twin Falls and then moved to Boise. So quite different from L.A. I'd been to Disneyland a couple of times, and that was the closest I'd been to L.A.
'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.
My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
