--- --- # Watch Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert Ponder Some Really Deep Questions by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 6, 2015 9:20 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 6, 2015 9:20 AM UTC Bryan Cranston [stopped by the _Late Show With Stephen Colbert_](https://youtu.be/2FJoRMv1odQ) on Thursday night, and as Colbert likes to do, he lay on the grass with his guest, stared up at the stars, and pondered the meaning of life—or at least some random questions about it. “Do you believe in parallel universes?” Colbert asked the _Breaking Bad_ star. “No,” Cranston said. “And somewhere, I just said yes.” Deep. Watch it above. Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert Ponder Deep Questions ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4102596/stephen-colbert-bryan-cranston-late-show-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4102596/stephen-colbert-bryan-cranston-late-show-video/"},"headline":"Watch Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert Ponder Some Really Deep Questions","datePublished":"2015-11-06T09:20:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:24:17.402Z","description":"\"That cluster of stars looks like Ryan Seacrest\"","url":"https://time.com/4102596/stephen-colbert-bryan-cranston-late-show-video/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/4102596/stephen-colbert-bryan-cranston-late-show-video/","name":"Watch Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert Ponder Some Really Deep Questions"}}]}] ```