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.  Email: themomentbk@gmail.com Twitter: @BrianKoppelman iTunes: itunes.com/themoment To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices