Breaking Bad (TV Series)

Gray Matter (2008)

Bryan Cranston: Walter White

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• Walter H. White : [during a family meeting about Walt's cancer treatment, during a tense fight amongst the family]  Alright, I've got the talking pillow now... Okay?

  [sits down with tears in his eyes] 

  Walter H. White : Look, we all in this room, we love each other. We want what's best for each other and I know that, I am very thankful for that. What I want... what I want, what I need... is a choice

  Skyler White : What does that mean?

  Walter H. White : [with tears in his eyes, very emotional]  ... sometimes I feel like I never actually make, any of my own... choices. I mean, my entire life it just seems I never... had a real say about any of it. This last one, cancer, all I have left is how I choose to approach this.

  Skyler White : [calmly]  Well make the right choice, you are not the only one it affects. What about your son? Don't you want to see your daughter grow up? I just...

  Walter H. White : [with tears in his eyes, very emotional]  Of course I do, Skyler. You've read the statistics sheet, these doctors talking about surviving, one year, two years, like it's the only thing that matters. But what good is it to survive if I'm too sick to work, to enjoy a meal, to make love. For what time I have left, I want to live in my own house, I want to sleep in my own bed. I don't want to choke down 40 or 50 pills every single day, and lose my hair, lie around, too tired to get up, and so nauseated that I can't even move my head. You cleaning up after me. Me... me some um... some dead man, some artifically alive, just marking time... No. And that's how you would remember me. That's the worst part. So... that is my thought process, Skyler... I'm sorry, it's just I choose not to do it.

• Walter H. White : What the hell did you say to Elliot?

  Skyler White : What?

  Walter H. White : You told him about the cancer didn't you? Didn't you? I can't believe it.

  Skyler White : OK, we we're talking. He asked how you were doing and I am sorry but I don't have the best poker face these days where that's concerned. He knew something was wrong with you and he pressed me.

  Walter H. White : He pressed you, come on.

  Skyler White : Walt, when it came right down to it, I didn't know what else to do but tell him the truth.

  Walter H. White : The truth? Well how about you just said 'He's fine' huh? You think maybe you could have just have said that? 'He's fine' and then it would have been done.

  Skyler White : I don't like the way you're talking to me.

  Walter H. White : I don't like the way you talk about my private affairs.

  Skyler White : Oh.

  Walter H. White : To people who are not even in our lives anymore.

  Skyler White : What exactly did he say to you?

  Walter H. White : He offered me a job.

  Skyler White : What?

  Walter H. White : Yes. Kinda like some fig leaf, ya know. Some face-saving bullshit that allowed me to generously accept his charity and then when I turned that down he flat out offered to pay for my treatment, which is exactly what you expected him to do didn't you?

  Skyler White : Walt.

  Walter H. White : Didn't you?

  Skyler White : No.

  Walter H. White : Come on.

  Skyler White : I did not put him up. OK, what did you say? Walt?

  Walter H. White : What do you think I said?

  Skyler White : Why? Walt?

• Walter H. White : These doctors, talking about "surviving". One year, two years, like it's the only thing that matters. But what good is to just survive when I'm too sick to work? To enjoy a meal? To make love?

  [long pause] 

  Walter H. White : For what time I have left, I wanna live in my own house. I wanna sleep in my own bed. I don't wanna choke down thirty or forty pills and lose my hair, an lie around, too tired to get up, and so nauseated that I can't even move my head.

  [looks at skyler] 

  Walter H. White : You cleaning up after me.

  [starting to cry] 

  Walter H. White : Me, a... some dead man, some artificially alive... just marking time.

  [to everyone] 

  Walter H. White : That's how you'd remember me, that's the worst part. So that, is my thought process Skyler. I'm sorry. It's just... I choose not to do it.

• [last lines] 

  Jesse Pinkman : [seeing Walter at his house]  Yo!

  [he makes a non-verbal "what are you doing here?" gesture] 

  Walter H. White : Wanna cook?