Rainn Wilson: "I was so unhappy during The Office!" (Dwight Schrute)

We're gonna talk about the office, I promise. Stick around, folks. Rain Wilkes! Actor, writer, producer, you know as Dwight Schroot, Assistant Regional Manager. One of the most iconic characters in TV history. Hold on, Michael, I am coming! I experienced a lot of pain in my life. Neglect. Abuse. Band.

And then with anxiety and depression and addiction. I remember getting these anxiety attacks that would leave me shaking on the floor and sweating and I thought I was dying. Waking up at three in the morning going, Why should I keep living? But this is the curious thing. I'm grateful for it. There's a reason why so many comedians come from painful backgrounds because comedy shifts your perspective away from pain and trauma. Here's your choice do you kill yourself or do comedy?

And that was my path. greatest dream come true. You said when I was in the office I spent several years mostly unhappy because it wasn't enough. I wanted more opportunities, I wanted more money and as long as we want to promote the ego satisfaction, we'll never be happy. We all have a shadow, and it's always there. It's self-important and righteous and entitled, but I'm not going to get rid of those aspects of myself by keeping that shadow at arm's length. You need to embrace and accept and love one's shadow. Sit the shadow on the lap, almost like a ventriloquist dummy. Hello!

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