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"Bryan Cranston has reflected on the six years he spent playing chemistry teacher-turned-drug dealer Walter White in Breaking Bad. The actor earned a Golden Globe Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work in Breaking Bad between 2008 and 2013.  &amp;#039;Breaking Bad&amp;#039;: 15 greatest episodes from the award-winning drama  Speaking to Parade, Cranston credited the series with helping him explore the &amp;quot;whole spectrum of the human experience&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Usually when you get a role they give you a set of circumstances: &amp;#039;He can do this, but he can&amp;#039;t do that&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; he explained.  &amp;quot;With Walter White, over the course of six years, I covered it all. I could kill someone; I could caress my baby and kiss my son on the forehead. The whole spectrum of the human experience.&amp;quot; Cranston went on to discuss how he avoided letting Walter White&amp;#039;s descent into darkness impact his own life away from the set.  &amp;quot;You learn how to prepare and protect yourself as an actor,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;If a scene isn&amp;#039;t coming up for a while, you don&amp;#039;t stay on the edge; you shut down.&amp;quot;  The star continued: &amp;quot;Then when they say, &amp;#039;We&amp;#039;re about 20 minutes away&amp;#039;, you start ramping up, much like an athlete gets ready for a game. When we wrapped for the night, I&amp;#039;d go to the makeup and hair trailer and get two moist hot towels.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d put one over my bald head and wrap the other around my face like I was getting a shave at an old-time barbershop. And I&amp;#039;d just sit there for a while; it feels like you&amp;#039;re getting a hug.  &amp;quot;Then you slowly rub off all the makeup and dirt from the day, put on some moisturizer and, oh, you feel different. I&amp;#039;d take off Walter&amp;#039;s clothes, put on Bryan&amp;#039;s clothes, and go home. And I&amp;#039;m not him.&amp;quot; AMC is currently developing a Breaking Bad spinoff called Better Call Saul, which will star Bob Odenkirk as sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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