Giancarlo Esposito Quotes

The more I get connected to my own breath and my own yogic experience and my own prayer and my own idea, the ideas that have existed for so long - that we all belong to each other and we could live a deeper spiritual existence - the more I get connected to that, the more I shun this world.

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns.

I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character.

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

For me, listening to my breath in between the lines, allows me to be in deep connection to my spirit.

I can only control what I do. I can try to suggest and be open, but trust is the key.

I do play villains.

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

You can never lead unless you follow.

I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.

People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad.

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

I'm impatient sometimes.

My rule is simply "love what you do". That certainly has brought me to the place I where am at right now. It really has been with the work.

It was amazing to be nominated by the Academy who saw fit for me to be nominated for best supporting actor. The Critic's choice award was wonderful. I'm on cloud nine.

I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings.

I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself.

I love the smell of fried chicken.

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.

My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day-even if someone's not paying you to do It. Try to balance your social life with your educational (or professional) life, and have patience.

If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy.

Luis Bunuel made great movies.

I feel that our stories are cross culturally irrelevant, and I'm a member if a larger community of people who have no boundaries in terms of color or in terms of how I look at other people and their stories.

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken.

People aren't able to make decisions anymore because there's too many choices within that decision.

It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.

What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch.

Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more.

I had to work from a young age.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

Yoga is a big part of my life now. There's not a day that goes by where I don't do an Asana and mediation practice.

When I listen to my scene partners and listen to their breathing allows me to be connected to them in scenes. I am not trying to multi task, not trying to talk on the phone, but in my character.

Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic.