{"id":10032,"date":"2026-07-18T23:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10032"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:53:34","slug":"jim-parsons-opens-up-about-being-miserable-during-big-bang-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10032","title":{"rendered":"Jim Parsons Opens Up About Being &#8220;Miserable&#8221; During &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jim-parsons\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jim-parsons\" data-tag=\"jim-parsons\">Jim Parsons<\/a>, who rose to fame on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-big-bang-theory\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-big-bang-theory\" data-tag=\"the-big-bang-theory\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a><\/em> and is currently appearing on Broadway in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/titanique\/\" id=\"auto-tag_titanique\" data-tag=\"titanique\">Titanique<\/a><\/em>, is opening up about his mental health during the height of his sitcom fame and success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAppearing on the YouTube podcast <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/all-out-with-jon-dean\/\" id=\"auto-tag_all-out-with-jon-dean\" data-tag=\"all-out-with-jon-dean\">All Out with Jon Dean<\/a> <\/em>(watch it below), Parsons spoke with the British host \u2013 both openly gay \u2013 about the pressures of fame, growing up gay and coming to terms with his personal life while giving greater attention to his professional success and public persona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable,\u201d Parsons tells Dean. \u201cI was not happy. I was stressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tParsons describes himself, in so many words, as a workaholic during the <em>Big Bang<\/em> days, and that he would never want to return to that way of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI felt that there was 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,\u201d he says. \u201cMaybe to a degree that was true. I don\u2019t know. I can\u2019t say because that\u2019s how I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAsked by Dean about his approach to life at his current 53 years of age, Parsons says he would go back to his <em>Big Bang<\/em> lifestyle for \u201cany amount of money.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt translated in part into a work ethic,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it was really just obsessive behavior basically. Yes, I was disciplined. Yes, I had a good work ethic, but a lot of it was because it was kind of OCD in nature\u2026I had a list of things basically in my head that I had to get done in order to be comfortable and know that I could do my job right, which I don\u2019t think was true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tParsons concedes that the public perception of him as <em>Big Bang<\/em>\u2018s Sheldon \u201cis not going away\u201d seven years after the show went off the air. His relationship with the character, he adds, is \u201cevolving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt gets better all the time,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat I feel is better, what I feel is healthier.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be where I am right now if I hadn\u2019t have had that time of life, and the somewhat self-tortured nature of it was part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Parsons: Robbed Of My Youth | Inside The Actor&amp;apos;s Dressing Room\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pBU8PIqx1sA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Parsons, who rose to fame on The Big Bang Theory and is currently appearing on Broadway in Titanique, is opening up about his mental health during the height of his sitcom fame and success. 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