--- title: Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior "Refreshing" description: The 'Breaking Bad' actor says the 2016 hopeful is shaking up the field canonical: https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-14T11:47:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:26.080Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior "Refreshing" og:description: The 'Breaking Bad' actor says the 2016 hopeful is shaking up the field og:url: https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c55f51074b40a09/69885f3ef887dcff87e91ddc/bryan-cranston.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hollywood Foreign Press Association Hosts Annual Grants Banquet - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior "Refreshing" twitter:description: The 'Breaking Bad' actor says the 2016 hopeful is shaking up the field twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c55f51074b40a09/69885f3ef887dcff87e91ddc/bryan-cranston.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior 'Refreshing' ## Video: Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2015-07-23. Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 14, 2015 11:47 AM CUT  Actor Bryan Cranston accepts grant on behalf of LACC onstage during HFPA Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on August 13, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. Actor Bryan Cranston accepts grant on behalf of LACC onstage during HFPA Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on August 13, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 14, 2015 11:47 AM CUT Bryan Cranston may not actually be a Donald Trump supporter, but he does find the 2016 Republican frontrunner to be “refreshing.” The _Breaking Bad_ actor shared his thoughts about the presidential candidate on the Nerdist podcast this week, explaining, “There’s something so refreshing about shaking up that world that is all about being handled, and here comes this loose cannon who has terrible ideas and would be a horrible president, but there’s something great about his ‘I-don’t-give-a-sh-t’ attitude that really kind of keeps others honest.” Trump’s often provocative statements have indeed forced his fellow candidates to clarify their positions on controversial issues, from immigration to the treatment of women. “I think it’s a surprise benefit to the country, actually,” Cranston said. “I hope he stays in for a long, long time. And just collapses that whole tent of his.” Listen to the full conversation above. _Read next:_ [_What We’ve Learned Since the Republican Debates_](http://time.com/3997640/republican-debate-aftermath/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior 'Refreshing'","datePublished":"2015-08-14T11:47:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:26.080Z","description":"The Breaking Bad actor says the 2016 hopeful is shaking up the field","url":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Bryan Cranston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c55f51074b40a09/69885f3ef887dcff87e91ddc/bryan-cranston.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c55f51074b40a09/69885f3ef887dcff87e91ddc/bryan-cranston.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Hosts Annual Grants Banquet - Inside","caption":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association Hosts Annual Grants Banquet - Inside","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/","name":"Bryan Cranston Finds Donald Trump's Behavior 'Refreshing'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch The Best Quotes By Donald Trump","description":"Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7MzTpVq2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-23T21:38:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7MzTpVq2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3997835/bryan-cranston-donald-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```