Breaking Bad (TV Series)

Better Call Saul (2009)

Bryan Cranston: Walter White

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• Walter White : I have spent my whole life scared. Frightened of things that could happen; might happen; might not happen. 50 years I've spent like that. Finding myself awake at 3am. But you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. I came to realize it's that fear is the worst of it, that's the real enemy. So, get up, get out in the real world and you kick that bastard as hard as you can, right in the teeth.

• Walter H. White : What are you offering me?

  Saul Goodman : What did Tom Hagen do for Vito Corleone?

  Walter H. White : I'm no Vito Corleone.

  Saul Goodman : No Shit! Right now you're Fredo!

• Marie Schrader : Yesterday I got home and found him. He didn't even tell me he was coming.

  Walter White : A man was killed?

  Marie Schrader : A Federale, right in front of him. Three agents wounded, one lost his leg. It's like what you hear about from Iraq or something. The IEDs.

  Walter White : Oh, Jesus.

  Marie Schrader : I had to hear about it from Steve Gomez. Hank talked to his ASAC for about an hour. Hank could win an Oscar. He's so damn breezy with the man. He hangs up the phone, goes right back to bed. And all he keeps saying is "I'm fine. I'm fine. Leave me alone."

• Walter H. White : This only works if they're scared of you

• Walter White : [pretending to be Badger's uncle]  If Brandon informs on this Heisenberg, I mean, what if, God forbid, that they decide to... take revenge?

  Saul Goodman : What have you been telling him? The kid keeps spouting off about "I-If I talk, they'll kill me," blah, blah, blah. You know, right now, he's the only thing holding up this deal.

  Walter White : [more to himself]  Good

  Saul Goodman : No, that's not good. That's terrible. Trust me, sir, your nephew won't last in prison two weeks, all right? You let him take his chances on the outside. Maybe I can work in some witness protection.

  Walter White : No, look, look. These are... are vicious, desperate people. I-I... I-I have been told that-that one of them killed another man by crushing his head with an ATM machine.

  Saul Goodman : [laughing]  People love to take credit for the fun ones. Yeah, the guy who got his head smooshed used to be a client of mine. His wife killed him, all right? It was open and shut. Trust me, you folks have nothing to worry about, okay? I'm gonna set your nephew straight, get him singing like a canary, all's right with the world.

  Walter White : $10,000.

  [having opened the door for Walt to leave, Saul shuts it again] 

  Walter White : 10,000, cash to you. I'm... I'm not saying to throw the case. Just no talking to the DEA.

  Walter White : Are you saying what I think you're saying?

  Walter White : Yes. What's it going to be?

• Jesse Pinkman : What, dude wouldn't take a bribe? That dude in there? Saul Goodman we're talking about?

  Walter White : Yeah. "Morally outraged," he said. Threatened to call the police.

  Jesse Pinkman : Wait, and Badger is gonna spill?

  Walter White : Like the Exxon Valdez.

  Jesse Pinkman : So, what do we do about it?

• Saul Goodman : Oh, my god. You really are a chemistry teacher. Uh...

  [shutting the classroom door] 

  Saul Goodman : You mind? I was terrible at chemistry. I'm, uh, more of a humanities guy.

  Walter White : How did you find me?

  Saul Goodman : We should talk about that. It should be much, much harder for people to track you down. My P.I. charged me for three hours, so I seriously doubt it took him more than one.

  Walter White : So this is, what, blackmail?

  Saul Goodman : Walter, I'm your lawyer. Anything you say to me is totally privileged. It's... I'm not in the shakedown racket. I'm a lawyer. Even drug dealers need lawyers, right? Especially drug dealers.

  Walter White : So, what, you're just doing this out of the kindness of your heart?

  Saul Goodman : Oh, come on. Have you seen my hourly rate? Oh, by the way, where do you keep the money? Is it in your mattress? Is it in a jelly jar buried in the side yard, huh? You know, this kid Mayhew may be the first of your guys to get picked up, but he won't be the last. And if I can find you, how far behind can the cops be?

• Jesse Pinkman : Sooner or later, this was gonna happen. You want your exponential growth, guys are gonna get busted. Simple as that.

  Walter White : [seeing Saul's strip-mall law office]  So how about we get him a real attorney? I mean, what the hell is this? This is who he hires?

  Jesse Pinkman : What? Are you kidding me? This is the guy you want. This is the guy I'd hire.

  Walter White : Oh, it's the guy you'd hire.

  Jesse Pinkman : Look, you remember Emilio? Okay, this dude got Emilio off, like, twice. Okay? Both times, they had him dead to rights, yo. And then, poof. Dude is like Houdini.

• Jesse Pinkman : We got 10, 20, 30, 44, five each.

  Walter White : Three pounds should be 48 each. Who's short?

  Jesse Pinkman : Don't freak, all right? We didn't get ripped off. But Badger hasn't kicked in his full amount. I know he was planning on pulling an all-nighter, so he's probably still in the sack.

  Walter White : Then wake him up. He can sleep after we're paid.

• Saul Goodman : Okay, you're now both officially represented by Saul Goodman and Associates. Your secrets are safe with me under threat of disbarment, all right? Take the ski mask off. I feel like I'm talking to the Weather Underground here.

  Walter White : Just do it.

  Saul Goodman : [Jesse reluctantly does so]  Okay, so if a prison shanking is completely off the table... and we're sure of that?

  Jesse Pinkman : [seeing Walt considering it]  No shanking!

  Saul Goodman : All right, all right. The way I see it is somebody's going to prison. It's just a matter of who.

• Skyler White : [Skyler is about to leave for work on a Saturday morning but is wearing a sexy black dress with deep cleavage. Walt is staring at her quizzically as she prepares to leave]  What?

  Walter H. White : What, you don't even get casual Saturday? No, I just you... You look nice is all.

• Saul Goodman : 1963, James Edward Kilkelly is convicted of stealing a vending machine. 1975, breaking and entering. 1982, grand theft auto. 1984, armed robbery. 1987, 1992, you get the idea. And here he is today. Better known as Jimmy In-N-Out. City, state, and federal, he's spent 44 of the last 58 years inside.

  Walter White : Hmm. Entire life behind bars.

  Saul Goodman : Jimmy provides a very special service. For a price, Jimmy will go to prison for you.

  Jesse Pinkman : On purpose? The guy goes to prison on purpose?

  Saul Goodman : He's actually more comfortable inside. The outside world hasn't been too kind to him. Sometime during the Clinton administration, Jimmy figured out how he could use his talents to turn a profit.

  Walter White : So, when does all this happen?

  Saul Goodman : It's already happening. The buy is set for tomorrow. Cops bust Jimmy, Badger gets out, everybody's happy, and all it's gonna cost you is 80,000 and one pound of your finest meth.

  Walter White : $80,000 for eight years of his life, huh?

  Saul Goodman : First of all, he's not gonna do eight years. I'm gonna represent him, and I guarantee there's gonna be some unexpected problems with the prosecution's case. Second, he gets 30. Fifty goes to me.

  Jesse Pinkman : You get 50? For what?

  Saul Goodman : For facilitating. Who's taking a bigger risk here? He likes prison. You did bring the cash, didn't you? Look, if this option is too expensive, uh, you can still always...

  [pantomiming a shanking with a letter opener] 

  Saul Goodman : ...ugh! Badger in the chow line.