The "Better Call Saul" star joined Patinkin on the picket line on May 10. "It's a shame that we have to do this, but writers need to be able to pay their bills and live a decent life when they're writing this great material that we're all getting to do," he told Deadline.
On July 19, Odenkirk opened up about the SAG-AFTRA strike in an interview with TheWrap. Asked about a report from The Hollywood Reporter that Tom Cruise has asked the union for a waiver to keep promoting "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1," Odenkirk said, "Don't. It's a strike." He explained, "Strike. You lose. We lose. Everybody loses. That's tough sh*t."
Odenkirk was picketing with actor Ike Barinholtz, who said, "Yeah, we all are in this together and if some of us are starting new projects and promoting others, that's gonna cause dissension. We need the opposite. We need solidarity."
Odenkirk added, "Sometimes you have to do the hard thing."
