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" I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out. "

Michael McKean

You

Plan

Friends

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" I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's just me and TCM on into the night. "

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" I'm not a lawyer, thank God. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I've never had the brain power for it. I was not the kind of guy who could learn case law. "

" They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years. "

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" I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me. "

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" I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover, he was LBJ - and he says to me, 'You should play the brother in 'Better Call Saul.' I was like 'What?' and it was time to go on. I'm doing the scene, and I can't think of what Hoover's supposed to say. "

" I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy. "

" I'm not really a gourmet. I like to try new things. "

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Try

Things

" On film, when you're driving home from the set, you realize what you should have done, but it's too late. When you're taking the subway home from your play, you realize what you did wrong, and you go back the next night and you do it better, or you screw it up again in a different way. It's a different thing altogether. "

" Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out all the way. "

" Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. "

" 'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me, now, when I run into people. "

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Big

Now

" The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true. "

" I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil today?' is not an interesting villain. An interesting villain is a person who you understand on some level, I think. "

" There's more than one way to do TV just like there's more than one way to do widescreen movies. "

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Way

" I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody. "

" I like working with Bob Odenkirk. "

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Working

Bob

" I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it. "

" My wife makes an amazing chili. "

" When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again. "

" To direct a sequel to somebody else's work is not interesting to me. "

" Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. "

" I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style. "

" I try and find a way to love every character I play. "

" It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals. "

" People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life a certain way. "

" Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear! "

" I don't eat steak often, maybe once a month. But when I do, it really hits the spot. When you're done with your steak and your mashed potatoes and your green beans, you really know you've had dinner. "

" I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help. "