Quotes from Aaron Paul

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.

There's three networks you want to be on: It's either AMC, HBO, or Showtime.

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 was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.

I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.

I love stories that put you on the edge of your seat and make you feel something.

Love love and cherish life. Also, just eat the cake.

People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.

I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

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.

I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.

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.

I love playing odd roles.

Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out.

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.

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.

You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.

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.

I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.

I love cars, I have two classic cars of my own.