John Goodman says he nearly had a ‘nervous breakdown’ dealing with recent career struggles
nypost.com“SmartLess” podcast June 3 and opened up to hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes about how he doesn’t have the same level of motivation in acting now as he did when he was younger.“It’s much different now.
I feel like I’m still learning,” he said. “The last couple of years have been goofy for me because I’ve been trying to be good — and it doesn’t work that way.”“You know, like planning things way too much,” Goodman added.The 71-year-old accomplished actor, who recently lost 200 pounds, explained that “the fear of losing trust in myself” has been his core issue lately in his life and career.“I overcompensated by working way too hard.
I’ve just kind of come out of that in the last year or so,” he shared. “And there’s so much to learn.”When asked how he’s gotten past that, Goodman said it was by “practically having a nervous breakdown.”“It was bad with everything.
It just purged out of me when I went to the therapist one day. And then for the rest of the day it was horrible. Nothing worked,” he said.However, Goodman managed to find internal peace and ended up in a good place again.“You’ve got to be relaxed when you do stuff.
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