Rainn Wilson Says He Was ‘Mostly Unhappy’ While Filming ‘The Office’: ‘I Wasn’t Enjoying It’
usmagazine.comRainn Wilson admitted that he didn’t let the success of The Office sink in while the critically acclaimed sitcom was on the air.The 57-year-old actor — who played Dwight Schrute on the NBC series — made the confession during the Sunday, July 9, episode of the “Club Random With Bill Maher” podcast.“When I was [on] The Office, I spent several years really mostly unhappy because it wasn’t enough,” Wilson revealed. “I’m realizing now, like, I’m on a hit show, Emmy nominated every year, making lots of money, working with Steve Carell and Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski and these amazing writers and incredible directors like Paul Feig.
I’m on one of the great TV shows. People love it. I wasn’t enjoying it.”Rather than basking in the popularity of the show, which ran from 2005 to 2013, Wilson instead focused on the things he didn’t have at the time.“I was thinking about, ‘Why am I not a movie star?
Why am I not the next Jack Black or the next Will Ferrell? How come I can’t have a movie career?
Why don’t I have this development deal?’” he shared. “I was making hundreds of thousands [but] I wanted millions. And I was a TV star, but I wanted to be a movie star. … It was never enough.
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