>>> WELCOME BACK.
ACTOR AND COMEDIAN BOB ODENKIRK
IS ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST
BELOVED STARS.
FOUR TIME EMMY NOMINEE FOR HIS
STARRING ROLE IN "BETTER CALL
SAL" AND "BREAKING BAD."
AND NOW A NEW MEMOIR.
HOW ARE YOU.
>> GOOD.
>> JUST HAPPY YOU ARE HERE IN
THIS CHAIR.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU
HAD.
YOU CALL IT A HEART INCIDENT.
>> WELL I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT
PROPERLY.
HEART DOCTORS TELL ME WHAT I HAD
IS A HEART INCIDENT.
NOT TECHNICALLY A HEART ATTACK.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE IS.
I WAS TURNING BLUE AND NOT
BREATHING AND MY -- MY HEART WAS
ARHYTHMIC AND ID NEEDED TO GET
BACK TO A RHYTHM.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WORKS BUT I JUST KNOW I WOULDN'T
HAVE SURVIVED IF --
>> WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
>> I WAS IN THE STUDIO OF BETTER
CALL SAL AND IT WAS OUR FINAL
SEASON.
WE WERE SHOOTING A GREAT SCENE.
ME AND RAY C. HORN AND PATRICK
FABIAN AND SOME OTHERS AND WE
HAD GONE OFF TO OUR WAITING
AREA.
AND LUCKILY I STAYED IN THE AREA
WITH THE OTHER ACTORS.
IF I HAD GONE TO MY TRAILER I
WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
SO I WENT DOWN AND THEY SET UP
THE ALARM AND PEOPLE CAME OUT.
AND ROSA ESTRADA OUR HEALTHY
OFFICER WAS A MEDIC WHO SERVED
IN THE ARMED FORCES FOR A TOUR
AND SHE CAME OUT AND STARTED CPR
ON ME AND SAVED MY LIFE.
>> DID, SOME PEOPLE HAVE
EPIPHANIES AFTER SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> I'M HAVING A VERY SLOW
EPIPHANY.
EVEN RIGHT NOW.
AND THE EPIPHANY WAS SIMPLY THAT
MY LIFE IS PRETTY DAMN GREAT AND
I SHOULD BE APPRECIATE IT AND
THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.
HONESTLY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I
THINK PEOPLE DO HAVE EPIPHANIES
WHEN THEY HAVE NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCE.
AND OFTEN TIMES IT IS, I HAVE TO
CHANGE SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW?
AND I THINK MY EPIPHANY IS I
HAVE TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE.
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY GREAT.
AND I'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE AROUND
ME.
AND FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE ARE
VERY NICE TO ME AND WERE SO NICE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN I HAD THIS
HEART ATTACK.
>> WELL, BOB, THIS IS BOOIC IS
FILLED WITH ALL OF THAT
APPRECIATION.
BUT A LOT OF WHAT YOU APPRECIATE
YOUR LIFE OR MAYBE THINGS THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN THE WAY YOU WANT
THEM TO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
ONE YOU WERE TRY FORGIVE IF
STEVE CARELL JOB AT THE OFFICE.
AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE JOY
THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE GAME.
>> IT CAN BE HARD TO DO.
THERE IS ME AND CHRIS FARLEY
BACKSTAGE.
THAT'S ME AND ROBERT SMIEGAL.
A GREAT WRITER OF SKETCHES.
AND MY AGENT.
AMAZING GUY.
>> HOW DID YOU PICK YOURSELF YOU
HAVE WHEN THERE WAS A SWIM SUIT
LIKE
-- SWING AND A MISS LIKE THAT.
>> I THOUGHT ALWAYS IF YOU CAME
WITH A FRESH IDEA YOU WOULD GET
A HEARING, A CHANCE.
AND IT IS REALLY TRUE.
SHOW BIZ LOVES NEW FACES AND
REINVENTS CHARACTERS AND FACES.
I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT
BUSINESS.
AND I JUST BELIEVED I -- EVEN IN
THE HARDEST MOMENTS, THE SENSE
THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER.
IF I JUST WAS PATIENT AND SET TO
WRITING, WHICH IS HOW I STARTED,
AS A WRITER.
>> AS A WRITER ON SNL YOU WROTE
ONE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
SKETCH, LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY
THE RIVER.
THE CHRIS FARLEY SKETCH.
>> MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.
>> THAT LIVES ON AND ON.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I
EVER DID IN SHOW BIZ.
MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME ONCE, WHAT
YOUR FAVORITE THING YOU HAVE
DONE AND I SAID IT WAS DOING THE
SKETCH AT SECOND CITY EVERY
NIGHT THE SUMMER I WAS THERE.
I WROTE IT FOR CHRIS.
AND HE WOULDN'T QUIT UNTIL HE
MADE EVERY PERFORMER LAUGH.
HE WOULDN'T QUIT.
HE WOULD JUST KEEP DOING THE
CHARACTER RIGHT IN YOUR FACE.
UNTIL YOU BROKE UP.
>> ARE YOU HAPPY YOU MADE THE
TURN TO DRAMA.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT WAS
HAPPENING, MAN.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M IN THIS
DRAMA STUFF AND PEOPLE ARE
LIKING IT.
YEAH, IT'S GREAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU DIG DEEPER INTO A
CHARACTER.
AND I'VE HAD SUCH WONDERFUL
WRITING WITH THE WRITERS OF
"BREAKING BAD" AND NOW BETTER
CALL SALLY.
I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED.
>> I HOPE PEOPLE READ THE BOOK.
"COMEDY, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA."
FULL OF NOT JUST STORIES ABOUT
THE BUSINESS BUT ALSO STORIES
ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TONE TO