Jim Parsons recently said on the podcast “All Out with Jon Dean” (via People) that he was “miserable” at the height of his long-running TBS sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory.”
“Looking back now, I realize that at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable in many ways,” Parsons said. “I wasn’t happy. I was stressed.”
“I felt like I had a lot of plates that I should have kept, and that any success or good things that were happening in my life were only because of this overwork…discipline and all that. Maybe that was true to some degree. I don’t know. I can’t say because I was.”
Despite the overwhelming success of “The Big Bang Theory,” Parsons said he would not relive it “for any amount of money.” He went on to admit that the role “isn’t going away,” but said that since the show ended in 2019, “my relationship with the role has changed.”
“It’s evolving and it’s always getting better. What I feel is better, what feels healthier. It’s probably not what everyone thinks, but looking back, I certainly didn’t have that ability,” Parsons explained.
“The Big Bang Theory” aired for 279 episodes from 2007 to 2019 and depicted the misadventures of a group of socially awkward science geeks and their much cooler female neighbors. Parsons co-starred with Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, and Mayim Bialik. The show won 10 Emmy Awards during its run, including four Best Actor in a Comedy win for Parsons.
