Rainn Wilson: “The Office” Star on His Awkward Childhood, The Joy of Being Dwight Schrute, and His Mission to Make Us More Mindful
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
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The Anxiety of Working in the Theater
I mean, when you got the role as Dwight, I think you were either almost or 40. Did you have any of that anxiety in your 30s, like, or were you not really stressed out about that? That's a great question. For me, Guy, what I kept looking at is like, because I did nothing but theater in New York for nine or 10 years. And I never made over $20,000 in a year during for nine or10 years. So I was always on the verge of destitute. But every year, if I looked back, there was progress being made. Every year, and I think this was another life lesson.
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