Bryan Cranston’s Advice To Aspiring Actors | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

One thing I've found about actors I really look up to is that they take acting very seriously, but they don't take themselves seriously. Bryan Cranston is just the epitome of that.

I worked with Bryan on The Upside. He took a nap on a folding table because we didn’t have trailers set up at the top of the mountain we were filming at. ZERO complaints! No ego. Great actor, great man.

"Men are just boys that can shave." That's a good one.

I'm a small time actor. But I've been an extra on many big shows. It's crazy how some actors take the job seriously while others don't. I was on set for an Apple TV show. The scene had one "star" and one other man. They shot it twice, once over the shoulder of the man, another time over the shoulder of the woman. I was so disappointed to see the "star" give absolutely nothing when her face was not in the shot. The poor guy was just acting his heart out, while the "star" just gave nothing for the actor to react to. Since then, I've worked in bigger works , and no matter where I am on set, on or off the camera, I give it 100%. Being an actor is a huge privilege, and it deserves 100% professional behavior.

I remember Anthony Hopkins talking about his preparation for Remains of the Day (might have been some other movie). He said that he had read the script 80 times to memorize it to perfection and then just act. That is some tremendous work ethic.

It's more than acting advice, it's life advice. Be grateful be professional.

That tennis ball would probably win an Emmy. Bryan Cranston gives a performance of a lifetime as “The tennis ball”, in the lifetime original “I’m the one who bounces”.

Regardless of whether you want to be an actor or not, Cranston and Conan are right: get your life in order, and work on your craft.

That end conversation reminds me of how people talked about Jack Nicholson in a Few Good Men. They said he gave that same speech ' You can't handle the truth'... exactly the same way dozens of times even when the camera wasn't on him so the other actors could all react to the the real thing. professionalism.

I think it was Hitchcock who said (I'm paraphrasing) that if he was casting someone for the role of a drunk, he wanted the most sober actor he could find. Not surprising that someone as talented as Bryan Cranston would have similar advice.

Cranston and Conan have such natural chemistry and ease with each other. And since they're both funny and intelligent, these video clips of them make for a great watch.

Anyone aspiring to be an actor, hope you make it one day 🙏

“Enjoy [Life]. Don’t take it too seriously. Don’t feel you are entitled to anything. You are very lucky. And I think if you flow with that, you get a chance to have fun and goof around”

So the entire time Bryan was on Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad, he was just glad for the work, that's so wholesome.

Bryan and Conan are such fun and inspiring people. I love when they get together and shoot videos.

It's like bryan understand professionalism and sophistication so well, he knows when it doesn't apply at all sometimes

All these masters, it makes sense they would know where to find a friend.❤️

That was surprisingly wholesome and rather educating, I must say. Bryan is quite insightful and really witty.

Always awesome and fun to hear Conan and Brian’s interview!

humble, hardworking, stable, dedicated to his craft, he spent years serving his apprenticeship in acting