Jim Parsons recently shared on the “All Out with Jon Dean” podcast (via People) that he felt “miserable” during the peak of his successful TBS sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory.”
Reflecting on that period, Parsons admitted, “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.”
He further elaborated, “I felt that there were 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.”
Despite the tremendous success of “The Big Bang Theory,” Parsons revealed he wouldn’t want to go through it again “for any amount of money.” He acknowledged that the role “is not going away,” but since the show concluded in 2019, he has been “changing my relationship to 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,” Parsons explained.
“The Big Bang Theory” aired for 279 episodes between 2007 and 2019, chronicling the adventures of a group of socially awkward science enthusiasts and their more socially adept female neighbors. Parsons co-starred with Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, and Mayim Bialik. The series won 10 Emmy Awards, with Parsons earning four for best lead actor in a comedy.
