--- description: Break out the tissues for the Inside the Actors Studio episode featuring Cranston title: Bryan Cranston Tears Up While Revealing Thoughts Behind a Pivotal Breaking Bad Scene image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d004fafe55aa4e/698872dd0b72e3606f6e700c/bryan-cranston2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bryan Cranston Tears Up While Revealing Thoughts Behind a Pivotal _Breaking Bad_ Scene by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2015 11:35 AM CUT  Actor Bryan Cranston attends the 7th annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Actor Bryan Cranston attends the 7th annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dylan Kickham / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2015 11:35 AM CUT Forget breaking bad — break out the tissues. Bryan Cranston takes the _Inside the Actors Studio_ audience on an emotional journey on Wednesday’s episode, revealing what was going through his head during the scene in which he watches Jesse’s girlfriend Jane (Krysten Ritter) choke on her own vomit and die in _Breaking Bad_. “\[Walter White\] hears \[Jane\] start to cough and he goes to her because that’s human instinct,” Cranston shared, “and before he gets to her he stops and thinks, ‘Wait a minute — she’s a junkie. She’s got Jesse on heroin; she’ll kill him. It’s better if I don’t do anything. But she’s a little girl — she’s young enough to be my daughter.’ And then I see the face of my own daughter in her place, and I didn’t want to; I didn’t plan on it …” It’s at this point that Cranston begins to sob, clearly still shaken at having to imagine his own daughter, 22-year-old Taylor Dearden, in Jane’s position. “I guess that’s why I closed my eyes,” Cranston said. He then went on to explain that after that, his daughter’s face disappeared from his head and the more cutthroat side of Walter White regained control. Cranston’s appearance on _Inside the Actors Studio_ aired Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. You can watch the emotional clip below. 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