Excerpt from an interview with Anna Gunn who plays Skyler White on AMC’s “Breaking Bad”…
Q: What do you do to get in the right mindset during scenes like that?
A: I take myself from the social part of the set to a quiet, dark corner. I basically do a bunch of imaginative work in terms of what’s going on with Skyler. I also use music a lot to get me into whatever headspace I need to be in — I have a Skyler playlist for that.
Q: What’s on your Skyler playlist?
A: A lot of Lucinda Williams. “Rescue,” and “Changed the Locks.” That’s one of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard, period. “Nobody’s Fault but My Own” by Beck, “Lord, I’m Discouraged” by The Hold Steady. A little Lenny Kravitz. Pearl Jam, “Better Man” — that song always does it for me and gives me the chills! Ben Harper, Pleasure and Pain, Cowboy Junkies, some Brandi Carlile.
http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2012/08/anna-gunn-interview.php