Rainn Wilson Was ‘Unhappy’ on ‘The Office’ for ‘Several Years’ Because He ‘Wanted to Be a Movie Star’: ‘I Wanted Millions’ of Dollars
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Rainn Wilson told Bill Maher on the latter’s “Club Random” podcast that he spent “several years” on NBC’s “The Office” unhappy because he failed to become a movie star.
Wilson, who starred as Dwight Schrute on the beloved sitcom, was a main cast member on all nine seasons of the show. “When I was in‘The Office,’ I spent several years really mostly unhappy because it wasn’t enough,” Wilson admitted. “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 Fisher 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. 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?'” Wilson continued, “When I was on ‘The Office,‘ I was clutching and grasping at, okay, I was making hundreds of thousands.
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