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Canadian - Director

I did every odd job you could possibly imagine: Holding a sign in the rain for 14 hours straight, sweeping up cigarette butts, pouring coffee, running around - anything I could to be on a film set. I wanted to be in the business. So I'd say, 'You need that job done? Fine,' and I became indispensable to people.

Michelle MacLaren

Rain Coffee Business You

I love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television.

Michelle MacLaren

Love Great Amazing Enough

I seem to gravitate toward the dark side of things when it comes to directing. I love action, but I love the drama as well.

Michelle MacLaren

Love Dark Action Dark Side

My feeling is, from when I started on 'Breaking Bad,' there's no reason to pick and choose because every episode is great. Whatever episode you get, you're lucky to do it.

Michelle MacLaren

You Great Feeling Bad

A montage is incredibly challenging. When I can, I'd like to know what the music is going to be ahead of time because that will affect the beat, the pace of the montage.

Michelle MacLaren

Music Time I Can Know

Sometimes I forget to say 'cut' because I am so lost in the performance.

Michelle MacLaren

I Am Sometimes Performance Forget

In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors.

Michelle MacLaren

Day Bad Like Shoot

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films.

Michelle MacLaren

Time Favorite West Once

I always say that AMC hires filmmakers, and they let them be filmmakers.

Michelle MacLaren

Always Say Them Filmmakers

I love the dark comedy in 'Breaking Bad.'

Michelle MacLaren

Love Dark Bad Comedy

Graphic novels are such a visually creative world - it's really interesting what they can do in one sketch. Now I'm hooked.

Michelle MacLaren

World Sketch Creative Interesting

I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.

Michelle MacLaren

People Dark Understand Dark Side

The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors.

Michelle MacLaren

Years Working Very Many

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.

Michelle MacLaren

Time You Television Shooting

In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find himself in normally.

Michelle MacLaren

Character Bad Situation Never

Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere.

Michelle MacLaren

Character Some Somewhere Every

I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work on wonderful shows.

Michelle MacLaren

Work Opportunity Wonderful Very

'Breaking Bad' was a magical, amazing experience. I'm honored to have been a part of it.

Michelle MacLaren

Experience Amazing Bad Honored

I approach an action sequence almost like a mathematical problem. Sometimes you get these action sequences that you read and go, 'Oh my God, this is huge, how do I do it?' and I go, 'Just a step at a time. Sit down and plot each piece of it out.'

Michelle MacLaren

God Time You Step

I really want to be part of things from the ground up wherever possible. Not to say that I'm not open to being a gun for hire - I am, absolutely - but I really enjoy developing.

Michelle MacLaren

I Am Gun Enjoy Say

I always say, 'I love producing, but directing is my passion,' and for a while, I had to produce to support my directing habit.

Michelle MacLaren

Love Passion Support Habit

Vince Gilligan and AMC are really wonderful people to direct and produce for because they don't put the demands of any conventionalism on you.

Michelle MacLaren

You People Wonderful People Wonderful

Would I like to do a feature? Absolutely.

Michelle MacLaren

Like Absolutely Would Feature

I will never leave television.

Michelle MacLaren

Never Will Television Leave

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