Will we see his alter ego Saul Goodman this year?

Here’s what I can tell you, and I’m sorry to be cute about it — but you will see Saul Goodman this season, but not in the way you expect. It’s the first time he uses the name on this show — outside of a flashback. And he takes on the persona somewhat. But far more important, he internally makes some choices that made me call [the “Saul” creators] Vince [Gilligan] and Peter [Gould] and say, “I guess all we have left to do is buy the suit and the lime-green socks.” They were like, “What do you mean?” And I said: “Well, if he’s going to start shutting down like this, then he’s not going to be Jimmy. He’s going to be Saul.” When Jimmy hurts people, it’s inadvertently. Saul has always been like: “I’m here to use you. I’ll tell you to your face I’m going to do that, and if you don’t like that you should walk away.” This is the first time we see Jimmy do that in a very conscious way. And it made me really sad. It felt like a loss.

When Jimmy and Gus first meet, is Gus already a villain?

I don’t completely know Gus’s back story. We will see Gus assembling his criminal enterprise. But he’s already a bad guy with a drug trade going on. He’s not in it for the chicken, that’s for sure.

For your scenes as a Cinnabon manager, you were coached by a Cinnabon exec on how to properly slather that icing.

I’m telling you, Cinnabon is not about skimping on any ingredients. They weigh everything out, but I think they also put extra in. They are unabashedly putting everything your mouth loves into one hot lump — and they make no bones about it. So don’t skimp on frosting.

Are you surprised that you’re the lead in a dramatic series?

I always thought that I belonged in a dramatic scenario. I have a complicated energy. You don’t see me enter a scene and think, “Oh, this is going to be a laugh riot” like many of the people I’ve performed with — David Cross, Chris Farley, Jay Johnston — performers who I think have a presence with a comic energy. I look like I have more questionable motives when I enter a scene.