Laura Fraser Quotes

I've always had antiheroes in my film.

I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and heroine that are so odd, so flawed and so complicated. It is a programme that really draws you in.

'Breaking Bad' is one of my favorite shows of all time.

I think 'Breaking Bad' is brilliant. Good drama in the U.S. is also so funny and blurs the line between light and dark.

For me, one of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of serial reality TV is that characters can move freely along a spectrum of heroism and villainy.

I love 'Breaking Bad.' I think that's my favorite show.

I love the dark comedy in 'Breaking Bad.'

I'd like to be on the next 'Six Feet Under,' whatever that is.

My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'

I've been watching 'Dexter' recently; I love that show. It's my favorite.

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.

'Sons of Anarchy' has the perfect combination of character and action.

I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible.

My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.

I was a total, insane 'Breaking Bad' fan.

There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.

Mischief nodded. 'It's true,' he conceded. 'You're in the company of eight world-class thieves,' he said, not without a little touch of pride. 'Saints we are not.' But then,' said Deaux-Deaux, 'who is?' he thought on this. 'Besides saints.

So it's nice to know that Rita had that impact, and it was nice to end a character on a high note like that. But, again, in the moment... I always say, nobody was more devastated than me [from Rita's death in Dexter]!

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.

Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's character. I loved her so much I hit her again; that's even more character.

Only literature could reveal the process of breaking the law - without which the law would have no end - independently of the necessity to create order.

A lot of people have that story that they used to sell crack or shoot people; that's nothing new. But honestly, if that was me, I probably still wouldn't be doing that because it's so many people that's doing that. It just gets old when you hear a million raps about how many ways I could shoot you. So I just try to be more creative and come with something new because I actually care about the music.

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

It's a different thing with cable TV. You don't have to have your characters be lovely again by the end of the episode. And in this era of the male antiheroes on cable TV, you don't even need to make them likable; you just need to make them compelling. As opposed to film, where it's still those basic tropes of good versus evil. But for women, I don't think that has been widely seen yet.