‘Sex and the City’ star John Corbett regrets being an actor: ‘It’s been unfulfilling’
nypost.com“Fly on the Wall” podcast last week and admitted that he regrets becoming an actor.“Look, I’m in the fourth quarter of the football game now, in life and in showbiz.
It’s just a fact,” Corbett said. “So I can reveal now I picked the f–king wrong thing to do with my life.”The “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” actor, who has been married to Bo Derek since 2020, explained that he hasn’t liked being told what to do since he was a kid, which is partly why he’s unhappy in his career.“I picked something to do with my whole life for my fulfillment of my work life, which is, ‘Dude, stand here, say this, put this on, look this way, say it faster, cut your hair like this,'” he said. “You feel like a puppet.”Corbett continued: “Have you ever sat in a f–king waiting room of a doctor’s office for like an hour and you’re going, ‘What the f–k?’ For me, that’s what making a movie is like, because I’m not part of any creative process.”He also brought up Emma Stone, who has been heavily involved behind-the-scenes in her recent projects like the films “Cruella” and “Poor Things” and the show “The Curse,” and said that he wishes he had those same opportunities.“I’m just telling you, I made a lot of money.
I live in a beautiful home. People come to me in every f–king restaurant I go in. I’m a friend of the world,” he said. “But as far as a fulfilling creative work life, I didn’t write one f–king line.
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