Dead to Me's Sam McCarthy Reveals His Breaking Bad Acting Dreams

I lost my virginity in a car. It was beautiful. It was a '78 Corvette. We're not having this conversation. How's it going? How are you?

Good.

We're excited to talk to you today.

Oh, I'm excited.

Where are you quarantining right now?

I'm currently in Upstate New York in an area called Copake Lake. Um, my dad my dad's family has a house up here.

How have you been keeping busy?

Um, well, you know, we have a lake and we have a golf course, so I've been kayaking a lot. I've been going for, you know, rides in a golf cart. I've seen a lot of movies recently. I spent a lot of There've been a lot of movies that I've missed recently. Yeah. That I feel like I should have seen, and I've spent a lot of time catching up on that.

What has been your favorite one you've watched so far?

I recently watched The Florida Project, which I really liked. Uh.

Did you watch so many don't you remember any of them?

I've probably seen like 50. Too too many come to mind.

Have you watched Dead to Me season two yet?

I have, yes.

What how was filming that? How was filming the whole season two versus season one?

Um, you know, I I did have a little bit more to do in season two. Um that was a lot of fun. It was it was, um, you know, we all everyone kind of knew each other on the set. So it was a lot more slightly relaxed process than I would say season one was. And, you know, it was uh, it was a good experience. It was fun. Yeah.

And what was your favorite memory, would you say, from season two filming?

Oh man. Um, I feel like there's gotta be a lot on set with everybody. Yeah, there's a lot. I mean, you know, probably working with Christina because she's just so great. Hey Charlie, your girlfriend's a little extortionist. She's not my girlfriend. She seems to think so. She said she loved you. Really? Charlie. Charlie, you need to know that sex is something different for girls at your age. Um.

When you're like doing the scenes and like some of them are funny, do you ever like laugh and kind of like, you know, like have to redo the scene because you just like actually laughed too much or anything?

Yeah, that that does happen a couple times, but also, I have read the scene like like 10 times before we've even shot it. So you kind of know It doesn't happen as often, but it definitely does happen, yeah, for sure.

Did you actually drive the car in season two?

Um, you know,

Is that what everyone's like are you really driving the car?

I don't know. I live in New York City usually.

Mm-hm.

So I don't have a license. Um, so no, I was not driving.

So when you read the scene, you're like, oh, well, I can't. I actually can't do that. So.

Yeah, no, it was just a it was a double.

Mm-hm. And the photo booth pictures that you took when you guys went to the arcade, are those real? Do you have copies of those photos?

Uh, they are real, but I don't know if I personally have copies of them. Like I can get them, but I don't think I have them on my phone right now.

Do you, when you watch the show, do you or did you watch it like right when it came out or did you like wait a couple, like, is it weird watching yourself in the show?

Um, I wouldn't say it's weird. I would say I watched it over several days. Um, I uh, I wasn't really in a rush to finish it.

Mm-hm.

But um, I enjoyed it and yeah, of course, you know, I think it's weird for anyone to watch themselves. Uh, it it was it it is a little bit weird, but like I I enjoy it. Yeah.

And what are your when your friends watch it, what do they say about it? Like do they ever like make fun of you or like they just say, oh, like that was funny or how do they usually react when they watch you?

I think I think they uh, you know, I go to a school where everyone kind of works professionally, 'cause that's why I was able to go leave for like three months to go film this. Um, so everyone is, you know, an actor, a singer, a dancer, a model, whatever. So, you know, people like liked it, but it wasn't really nobody really looked twice at it if that makes sense. You know what I mean?

Right. Yeah, definitely. And what do you usually, when you're not acting, what do you like enjoy doing? What's your favorite thing to do?

Uh, I, you know, I I love people. So I like uh, hanging around my friends a lot. Um, you know, before quarantine before quarantine, I had started bouldering.

Okay.

Um, but, you know, I haven't done that for a little bit because

What's got you into that?

Um, my friend Spencer, uh, was like, dude, let's go bouldering and I wasn't doing anything. So I was like, okay. And, um, you know, we did and it was fun.

What what would be your dream acting gig? Like if you could like, would you like write a movie, be in the movie? What would you do?

Um, probably you know, Breaking Bad?

Yeah. Of course, I know Breaking Bad. Of course, yeah, of course.

Probably, um, a younger Jesse Pinkman would be like a dream role for me. That would be epic. That would be really epic. That's just a it's a, you know, arguably one of the greatest shows ever created and it just that probably that.

Okay, and we want to play a little game with you, if that's okay. Are you down?

Mm-hm.

Okay, it's called this or that. So I'll read out this or that and then you're gonna decide.

Mm-hm.

Okay. So, movies or TV shows?

Movies.

YouTube or Netflix?

Netflix.

What's the last thing you watched on Netflix that you remember?

Uh, The Office.

Did you are you rewatching it or have you watched? Okay, like last like new thing I watched was a show called Midnight Gospel.

Okay. 'Cause I feel like everyone rewatches The Office 5 million times.

Yeah, it was just it was just playing as background noise.

Yeah. Midnight Gospel.

Music or podcasts?

Music, easy.

What's the last song you remember listening to?

Uh, Hurt You by The Weeknd.

What's the your favorite song of all time?

Uh, We Own the Night by The Wanted.

Stay in or go out?

Go out.

Instagram or Snapchat?

Instagram.

What's your favorite filter? Do you use filters?

I don't really have any filters.

How do you feel about the butterfly filter that every girl puts over their face?

You know, I don't really uh, have uh, much of an opinion on it.

Facetime or text?

Text.

You not Facetime? If your friend calls you and they, would you answer or do you wait for it to ring and then decline them?

I will, if it's like, you know, someone I want to talk to, I'll just call them on the phone. I don't like Facetime.

Why? You have so much

I just don't, I'm just not a I'd rather just be walking and doing things rather than, you know what I mean? Yeah. I just don't really like talking to

It's more of a commitment.

Yeah, it's a lot more of a.

You can't do other things. They have to see you actually talking to them.

Yeah.

New York City or LA?

New York City.

Oh my god. Oh my percent. Why? The weather is so bipolar.

Yes, it is, but just, you know, you can walk places, um, I don't know. I grew up in New York. I just

Do you think that you're going to eventually live in LA at some point though or you would go back and forth?

I'd prefer to live in New York for as long as I can. I I I don't really have any interest in living in LA. Like LA's fun and LA is cool and everything, but like I like, you know, I was there for three months and then it's like, okay, I I

You get the best of both worlds though.

Yeah, so far at least, yeah.

New clothes or new shoes?

New shoes.

Save money or spend money?

You know, I would say save money, but like I it seems to be spend money.

What's the last thing you bought online?

Um, a pair of shoes. Yeah. Yeah.

What's your favorite brand? Uh, of what? I guess for shoes.

Shoes. My favorite shoe is probably the Jordan one.

Dark mode or light mode on your phone?

Light mode. I'm like so used to it. Like I'm like Yeah, I mean like I like I've been doing light mode for like my entire life. Just like switching to dark mode is like, nah.

Fortnite or Call of Duty? Yeah, play video games.

Uh, I I don't really play video games, but when I have, I would probably say Call of Duty.

Sleep in or get up early?

You know, that's a tough one. Because I would say I like the feeling of waking up at 7:00 a. m. , but I also like want to go to bed really late and sleep a long time. So I end up sleeping in late. In quarantine, in during quarantine. How about that? You haven't answered.

Yeah, I feel that. Season one or season two of Dead to Me?

I I would say definitely season two.

And what's the one thing you're most looking forward to when life goes back to normal?

Seeing people.

When's the last do you Facetime all your friends? When's the last time you saw someone your age?

Call them, yeah. I don't really Facetime but I call them for sure.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, no, we should never Facetime you, just voice call you.

Yeah, I mean, I don't really, yeah.

Yeah. Gotcha. Well, thank you so much, Sam, for talking to us today.

Thank you. It was a pleasure.