as the show went on, and you won three straight emmys, the first person to do it, maybe the only one since bill cosby, you transformed in the words of the series creator vince gilligan, i love this, from mr. chips, because you were a chemistry teacher, to scar face. take a look. yeah. you clearly don t know who you re talking to. so let me clue you in. i am not in danger, skylar. i am the danger. a guy opens his store and gets shot, and you think that of me? no. i am the one who knocks. that s pretty different from the beginning. why do you think this became such an iconic series? i think people related to this guy. they empathized with him, to have a man who is trying to really instill enthusiasm in his science to nothing but a sea of
smile he was featured in a local newspaper and posted selfies on social media. his i go leading to his downfall. greco s arrest follows that of super boss messina denaro last month, journalists and author has been living police protection since his box was, about the mafia was published in 2006 he is tells us it s normal for these bosses undercover to still want attention ukraine look at el chapo when he was working he wanted to meet shawn penn he wanted to make a movie, al capone wanted to go to the movie set of scar face. but despite these high profile arrests, there are still dangerous in highing, this man has been convicted of murder in
like to see the folks at amc interested at doing breaking bad. surprise. when we were making the decision to do breaking bad, we absolutely were looking for an anti-hero show. and we wanted a guy that was going against the grain, that come check this out i see it come on, take it. check it out. walt. they always tell you you need to have a good one sentence pitch and i came up with we re going to take mr. chips and turn him into scar face. what we were really going for was change, walter white said it in first hour of the show, electrons they change energy levels, molecules change their bonds. breaking bad was a study in change. . the change that happens to
fire. that wasn t real? tony? i definitely relate to that, because it is i m not kidding, i would go to visit d.c. and people would say, oh, i m the jonah of my office. and we were like, have you seen the show? jonah is not a celebrated character. and that reminds us something that depalma said, that scar face was supposed to be about this guy s downfall and then you had kids with posters of scar face. why do you end up in these certain characters? do you think it s because you re good at playing them or are they channeling something in you? it s a i had tremendous pain and trauma in my life that
the usa, it would be italy, no question and now possibly sicily. i fell in love with sicily. i ve been a fan of yours since i first noticed you in scar face in 1983 and 1984, it s interesting, i ve been thinking about your career to prepare for this interview. you and ben kingsly are two actors that can and have played pretty much any white ethnic group and latinos, as well. i mean, you really have in terms of who you can play, the whole palate that i just mentioned, is there a challenge to that at all? it s part of the fun. i do a lot of shakespeare, too and at thathat s a lot of fun. the fact i m not pigeon holed is a big plus and allows me to play anyplace in the world. actors lives when they re good,