David Costabile is an actor best known for his roles on Breaking Bad, The Wire, and Lincoln. He stars in Showtime’s latest series, Billions, as Mike “Wags” Wagner, the right hand man to Bobby “Axe” Axelrod. Today, Brian and David discuss the actor’s process and the importance of “assuming your own brilliance.” Plus, David talks about his fanboy’ish encounter with Bryan
Cranston, a theatre audition gone terribly wrong, and why he keeps creating rules
for himself just to break them. 
Topics mentioned:
Billions
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Tufts University
Solitary Man
The Moment with Tom McCarthy: 10/27/15
Titanic
Shubert Theatre
A Chorus Line
Spamalot
The Mahabharata
The Empty Space
Caroline, or Change
Stripes
Heat
The Moment with Maggie Siff: 12/1/15
Bloodline
People mentioned:
David Costabile
David Levien
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Bryan Cranston
Peter O’Toole
Tom McCarthy
James Lapine
Mike Nichols
Bill Murray
Hank Azaria
Oliver Platt
Antony Sher
Tony Kushner
Maggie Siff
Glenn Kessler
This episode of The Moment is brought to you by Showtime’s new series Billions. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in this bold, original drama as two of New York’s most powerful titans locked in an epic battle of egos. And there is no line both men won’t cross to win. Billions—a new series, Sundays at 10pm—only on Showtime. 
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