“The Big Bang Theory” Fame Made Me Misrable – Jim Parsons

Hollywood actor Jim Parsons has said that his “The Big Bang Theory” fame came at a cost. He recently reflected on his decades-long career and time on the hit sitcom during an interview on All Out with Jon Dean.

Admitting that excessive fame felt very odd and overwhelming at times, Jim revealed that it was really weird to know that people knew who he was whenever he walked into a room, but he didn’t know any of them.

The moviestar added that while his Sheldon Cooper character won him numerous prestigious awards, the physical and mental toll wasn’t worth it.

His words, “I look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable. I was not happy. I was stressed.

I felt that there was so many plates I was supposed to be keeping in the air and that the success and the good things of life that were happening were only due to this overworking… discipline and whatever.

Maybe to a degree that was true. I don’t know. I can’t say because that’s how I was.

I wouldn’t do that again and for any amount of money … it was stressful and miserable at times. I made myself miserable.

It translated in part into a work ethic, but it was really just obsessive behavior basically. Yes, I was disciplined. Yes, I had a good work ethic, but a lot of it was because it was kind of OCD in nature.

I had a list of things basically in my head that I had to get done in order to be comfortable and know that I could do my job right, which I don’t think was true.

I don’t honestly know.

In the same way, I can’t go back. I wouldn’t be where I am right now if I hadn’t had that time of life and that somewhat self-tortured nature was part of it.

It’s evolving, and it gets better all the time. What I feel is better, what I feel is healthier. It’s not something that I think probably anybody, but I was certainly not equipped to, looking back.”

Fame was a very odd psychological thing.

This is not a complaint. This is just me having the grace to myself to admit it and look at it cleanly, or as clearly as I can.

It is a weird feeling to know people know you when you walk into a room, but you don’t know them.”