i was having trouble getting--frankly, i was having trouble getting employed. my buddy tom schnauz had been on "the x-files" too, and he said, "i think we should put a meth lab "in the back of an rv "and, you know, see america, make some dough on the side." he's got a warped sense of humor. [laughing] but anyway... when i heard that idea... - [retching] - i thought to myself, "you know, what if i really did that? what would it take?" [machinery whirring] and then i thought, "well, i'd need money really bad. why would i need money?" - lung cancer. inoperable. - we pitched "breaking bad" to not even a handful of places. some people liked it, some people not so much. it'd kind of been dead for about six months or a year or something like that, and suddenly i hear, "hey, would you like to go meet the folks at amc? they're interested in doing 'breaking bad.'" all: surprise! [cheers and applause] - happy birthday, dad. - when we were making the decision