Bryan Cranston

A memoir and meditation on creativity by the star of "Breaking Bad" chronicles his theatrical childhood and recommitment to acting in the aftermath of his father's disappearance, describing his early acting jobs and the performances that earned him Tony and Emmy Awards.

A Life in Parts

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How we can be trapped by our own decisions"

our own inadequacies. I thought about how i'd felt jailed by the rain in blue ridge parkway. what if we could make it rain on stage? I was imagining a gossamer wall of water, a wall you could see through but couldn't fully penetrate it. it was perfect for the story

I would fantasize: there's me driving onto a studio a lot ; there's me breaking down the beats of a scene on stage . I was cold i was getting yelled at. and the energy of many of the guys was dark energy. most of this guys hated their jobs, and probably hated their lives. it would be easy to suck into despair. 

but I didn't allow that to come inside. it wasn't welcome. I wasn't let them clutter my brain. I had something real to hold on to.

Lets not get married, i want something other than what you want. she nodded sadly, she knew if either of us had been honest we would have gone our separate ways much earlier.

she was a sweetheart. no arguing. no bitterness. we were just mismatched. 

Once we both confessed a sense of relief washed over us. and we became closer than we had in our two years of marriage. even when she moved back home to the panhandle of florid, we would talk on the phone. an hour, once a week. giving each other support and friendship. she soon flipped back into her southern accent and six months later she was married. mickey gor pregrent so quickly, suddenly she had a big family, she got what she wanted I was happy for her. 

We lost touch over the years. naturally, we both moved on.then i was promoting a film in florida several years ago and mickey saw the interview and called the station. when i called a man with a deep voice answered the phone. it was her son, a grown man, id forgotten how many years had passed. and than mickey got on the phone, we chatted briefly, pleasantly, we were old friends but when we said goodby it felt finale, we were just kids at the time, and that was a long time ago

surrounding yourself with people who lift you

That may sound harsh but after Ava and the suicide man

I started to feel an urgency and wanted to surround myself with people who lifted me up. james did, and he taught me a lot, and he was fun, he would try anything, he was risk oriented,

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