Had you been again to Albuquerque since Breaking Unhealthy ended?
I am going again no less than annually. My son was born there throughout season two. My daughter began preschool and went to highschool up there. Dean and I had been simply speaking about this the opposite day, simply how our children are rising up and he’s like, “After we lived in New Mexico, our children used to play collectively and all went to the identical faculty…” It was a reasonably wonderful life. We had been simply elevating our children in New Mexico for no less than a part of the yr. I like having the ability to circle again.
Has it modified since then?
It is humorous. Sure and no. In some methods it appears like all the great issues are nonetheless there—after which it at all times surprises me, catches me off guard only a bit, what an affect Breaking Unhealthy and Saul have had on Albuquerque. Now we have a statue there. There’s the sweet, you may get the sweet on the sweet retailer in Outdated City from the Sweet Girl. Once you get off the airplane, there is a kiosk that simply sells Breaking Unhealthy swag.
There’s numerous incredible crew which might be based mostly out of Albuquerque now, which is wonderful. So it may be a hub for manufacturing and it is an awesome place to do a present. Between each the exhibits, we have been there for therefore lengthy, however there’s nonetheless new locations we shot. Albuquerque is one other character within the franchise. The present is delightfully particular as a result of it is in Albuquerque. There are some issues that might be utterly totally different if it was some place else. Breaking Unhealthy was initially set in California. We shot in New Mexico, due to the tax incentives, but it surely ended up being simply such an awesome reward.
You have form of accomplished all the things since Breaking Unhealthy, each type of style of tv, particularly. Was that by design after taking part in one character for therefore lengthy?
After Breaking Unhealthy, it undoubtedly was a aware alternative. I imply, in case you’re fortunate sufficient to have an expertise like that as an actor, to have a job that you just love that a lot, I felt like… I wished to do a comedy after that and that’s what I did. I did The Michael J. Fox Present and I couldn’t have chosen anybody higher than Michael J. Fox to work with after doing Breaking Unhealthy. I simply felt like I did not wish to try to chase the subsequent Breaking Unhealthy as a result of I did not know if there could be one for me. After which I made my approach to Masters of Intercourse. And I spent 4 years on a CBS sitcom [Life in Pieces] taking part in Dianne Wiest and Jim Brolin’s daughter.
It is so humorous, after I do a drama… I bear in mind speaking with Bryan Cranston about this. I bear in mind the day we shot the awkward guacamole scene and I used to be getting chest pains on the finish of the day as a result of I used to be having to inform Bryan to go kill himself a number of instances, again and again. Which, pay attention, no one forces me to do that. There’s part of me that loves that. It’s enjoyable. However another way. It’s enjoyable another way than doing a comedy. However as soon as I knew we acquired that scene, I stated to him, “I’m prepared for a comedy.”
It is such as you want a cleanse, a comedic cleanse after you do a present like this. However then after I do comedy, I’m like, “I desire a drama to sink my tooth into.” I imply, I simply, I like flexing all of these muscle tissue. And I’ve to let you know, regardless that I used to be, I assumed, ready for it, being on Saul actually caught me off guard. To have Peter Gould write the phrases or to say the phrases that Peter had written and to have Peter direct me, it actually was like coming house.
