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I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.

The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.

For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.

I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

The scene is never really about moving the story forward on 'Breaking Bad.' That's the functional veneer of the scene, but it's always about what's going on with the characters.

It's the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable and strong, heroes. He has this vulnerability, he's fragile, he struggles to find a way to live from day to day that we can identify with, that we can understand.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.