When individuals carry up Jason Segel tasks right now, many are possible speaking about his present Apple TV+ hit Shrinking (which is about to move into Season 3). Nevertheless, the A-lister had already fallen beneath the class of profitable actors who’re additionally hit screenwriters within the late 2000s and early 2010s due to hits like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Muppets. On high of these successes, he, in fact, starred in How I Met Your Mom (streaming with a Netflix subscription) as properly. Now, the actor is opening up about that particular chapter of his profession and the way exhausting it was to juggle so many tasks directly.
The actor and author joined THR’s Awards Chatter podcast to debate Shrinking (which you’ll stream with an Apple TV+ subscription) and the various highlights of his profession. This included a dialog about engaged on one of many greatest sitcoms, How I Met Your Mom, and different movie tasks concurrently. When requested about why he dedicated to persevering with the heavy-duty schedule, he had a optimistic and life like perspective, explaining:
Hear, it is like the very best downside you could possibly ever have, for certain, particularly while you’re scared you would possibly by no means work.
The Freaks and Geeks alum was engaged on a lot all through HIMYM’s run. Understanding now, with a totally shaped mind, how a lot time he clocked all through these years is bonkers. Although it’s a number of the interval’s greatest choices, so I do get why he went all in.
Even with the success he discovered from writing and starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the 45-year-old shared the realizations that got here with it. The general public approval was a inexperienced gentle to discover writing extra, which he and his buddies valued extremely. Nevertheless, it additionally meant he needed to steadiness work on many tasks on the similar time. Segel shared:
It really, in observe, was a very difficult time, as a result of Forgetting Sarah Marshall did so properly, all modesty apart, that impulsively you have got this juice that you just dreamt of getting, the place you could possibly get a film made. Which is an enormous deal. And I additionally appreciated to put in writing, and there was lots of forex in my group of writing your personal films. It’s like that confirmed that you just meant enterprise.
His first entry as a author turned out to be one of many 2000s’ greatest films, and after that, he was off to the races. Which, once more, introduced on many intricacies he maneuvered all through HIMYM and future flicks.
Segel defined the standard schedule he saved for just below a decade, and as busy as he was, he cherished the trip. Finally, across the again half, he discovered himself slowing down and shedding curiosity within the 365-grind. In his phrases:
The best way my life was for about six years was I’d be capturing How I Met Your Mom. And through that point, I’d be writing a film that we’d then shoot on the 4 months off and get carried out in time to get again to How I Met Your Mom. And it was a tremendous time. It was an electrical time. However I additionally was getting a bit drained, and I used to be beginning to not take pleasure in myself a lot.
Woof. What a whirlwind! Though the rollercoaster interval does sound enthralling, particularly since he did make Marshall, The Muppets and 5 Yr Engagement throughout it, I’m simply glad he realized when it was time for him to hop off the observe earlier than it turned an excessive amount of.
As of late, Segel continues to be working exhausting, however he is simply not working as a lot. For the time being, he is at present in manufacturing on Shrinking Season 3, which can hopefully premiere on the 2025 TV schedule. He is additionally a part of the movie The Journey, which is a remake of a 2021 Norwegian thriller. So, he is nonetheless on the TV and movie grind. Nevertheless, hopefully, his present workload is just not as tiring because the How I Met Your Mom days.