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
i wasn t sure what to do next. 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. but at any rate, when i heard that idea, i thought to myself, you know what if i really did that? what would it take? 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 had 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. surprise!