Bryan Cranston will retire when acting stops being "fun".
Bryan Cranston
The 64-year-old star still thinks his career is "a blast" and at the moment he can't imagine giving it up because he has such a great time when he's at work.
He told 'Fox News Sunday': "It’s a blast! It’s a blast. I love what I do. I love acting. I’ll leave when it stops being fun, but right now it’s still a blast. So I’ll still do it as long as people will have me."
Bryan only ever wanted to "make a living" as an actor because he'd seen his father "destroyed" by his own loftier ambitions, and he even had a back-up plan to be a police officer if he didn't make it in Los Angeles.
He said: "From the time I was 25 years old, I was making a living as an actor and that really was my goal.
"Once that happened, whatever happens on top of making a living is just gravy.
"My dad was an actor. He really wanted to be a star and when he didn’t become a star, it really kind of destroyed him. So, I wasn’t going to be an actor. I was going to become a police officer here in Los Angeles."
After landing a breakthrough role as eccentric dentist Tim Whatley on 'Seinfeld' - which the actor described as "permission to go to comedy camp", he then became a household name as Hal in 'Malcolm in the Middle' before landing his much darker, and award-winning role as Walter White in 'Breaking Bad'.
However, despite the accolades bestowed on him for the latter show, Bryan insisted it was all down to the quality of the material he was given.
He said: "The most underrated element in all of performance art is the writing.
"I always say this, if Meryl Streep got C-level material, she could bring it up to a B, but that’s it.
"When you get A-level material, as I was handed in ‘Breaking Bad,’ you get a little nervous. You’re like, ‘Oh, I can’t mess this up now.’"
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