Do you find yourself entering Breaking Bad withdrawal already? Relive Season 2 with some of AMCtv.com's exclusive cast interviews. It's all you'll need to hold out until Season 3.

• "As long as Walt's looking in the mirror and seeing someone he doesn't recognize, he can justify what he's doing: 'That's not me; that's Heinsenberg.'" -- Bryan Cranston (Walter White)

• "Even as an actor reading these scripts, I found myself laughing at things I knew I should absolutely not be laughing about." -- Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman)

• "Bryan [Cranston] said, 'I think we're going to get more letters about you smoking than we get about me cooking crystal.' A person should obviously not be smoking or doing anything like that when they're pregnant." -- Anna Gunn (Skyler White)

• "Beheading is a big thing for those cartels. Having seen it, that's not anything I would want to be a part of. It's like, 'I'm sorry, my bad. You win!'" -- Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)

• "I've never been through a 12-step program, so I don't know if you're like 'Well, I do this because I have issues with my father.' Maybe some people do that... But I don't think Marie is going to." -- Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader)

• "You don't see too much of [Walter Jr.'s] life... I'd like to see where he goes when he goes out. Is he really going to Louis's, or does he go out to some rave?" -- RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.)

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After chatting with the fans, Breaking Bad's creator took a few minutes to talk to AMCtv.com about writing in circles, identifying with Walt's misdeeds and the fairy tale ending he envisions for some of his characters.

Q: Last season you admitted you see a lot of yourself in Walt. Is that still true after the changes he's gone through in Season 2?

A: One of our biggest struggles is how to keep it so the audience can continue to sympathize with Walt after doing so many wretched things. And the funny thing is, I still do see a lot of myself in Walt. I think there's a lot about Walt that we can all relate to. I rationalize all kinds of things I do. And that's one of the most human conditions there is. Nobody thinks of themselves as a bad guy -- Walt certainly doesn't. I believe in the fundamental goodness of human beings, but I think that the universal thing we all have in common is that given the right set of circumstances, for a day or an hour or five minutes we could be bad guys; we could be very bad guys. And I think if folks watching can realize that about themselves, then they can always find a way to sympathize with Walt, or at least understand why he's making the choices he makes.

Q: Season 2 was the first time you wrote a circular story arc that ended where it began, with the pink teddy bear. What did you learn from the experience?

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Breaking Bad's explosions guru explains the difference between movie and television effects and stresses the importance of keeping things simple in AMCtv.com's exclusive interview.

Q: You've done effects for big-budget movies like Lethal Weapon 4. How different of an experience is it to work on Breaking Bad?

A: On films I did some pretty big explosions. For Lethal Weapon 4, I did all the killing on the foredeck of the ship and all the flames in the barrels shot off the back. For TV one has to work a little quicker, be more assured. On Breaking Bad it's not about bigger; it's about better. Vince is very mechanical -- he could be an effects man himself. He wants to know what we're doing and he knows how we do it. That makes my job easier. And more challenging, but in a good way.

Q: What was this season's toughest special-effects assignment?

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The Emmy-winning star describes Walt's multiple-personality style, shares a tale of on-set rabble-rousing and denies any secret fondness for Funyuns in AMCtv.com's exclusive interview.

Q: You directed the first black and white teaser in Episode 1. Did you know then that it would result in a plane crash?

A: I didn't. And they were trying to keep it a secret. Had I just been an actor, I wouldn't even ask. But as a director I really felt I needed to know so I could shoot it correctly -- is it supposed to be eerie? Odd? Is it scary? And so as we progressed I had more and more questions and I realized I should know where this is going. And when I got the script and found out, I guess I'm very subjective and proprietary to the character, because even after I read it I went, "Well how am I responsible for that?"

Q: Before the big reveal, one of the leading theories was that the water heater Walt installed exploded.

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In his chat with the fans, the Breaking Bad creator describes the creative process behind the show's craziest moments, explains the second season's shocking endgame and talks about the devil's luck behind Walt's successes.

kcbarker 4: Is there a set number of seasons that you envision for the show?

A: I don't really know how long Breaking Bad will last. These characters that my writers and I spend so much time with tend to come alive for us. And as much as we try sometimes to make Walt or Jesse behave in certain ways and get us to certain scenes, oftentimes they tell us we need to go this way instead. They're telling us their story as much as we're trying to impose a story on them, so it's really hard to say how long Walt's story will go.

DepraveDave: What inspires all those crazy scenes you come up with?

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