Jim Parsons had the career millions dream about, but the "Big Bang Theory" star said the success came with a steep personal price.At the height of his fame, Parsons wasn't celebrating his success.Instead, the Emmy-winning actor said he was overwhelmed by obsessive habits that left him "stressed" and "miserable.""I look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable," Parsons said during an appearance on "All Out with Jon Dean." "I was not happy.
I was stressed.""I 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," he continued.
"And maybe to a degree that was true.I don't know."'BIG BANG THEORY' STAR JIM PARSONS JOKES HE 'KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED'Jim Parsons said the success of "The Big Bang Theory" came with a steep personal price, revealing he was often "stressed" and "miserable" at the height of his fame.
(Sonja Flemming/CBS)Although Parsons acknowledged his intense discipline may have contributed to his success, he said the constant pressure he placed on himself ultimately wasn't worth the emotional toll."I can't say because that's how I was," he added."But I wouldn't do that again and for any amount of money ...
just because it was stressful and miserable at times.I made myself miserable.""From your own work ethic?" host Jon Dean asked."If you want to call it that," Parsons said.
"It translated in part into a work ethic, but it was really just obsessive behavior basically."Jim Parsons reflected on how obsessive habits and perfectionism fueled his work ethic but ultimately took an emotional toll during his years on "The Big Bang Theory." (Sonja Flemming/CBS)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERParsons said the perfectionism that helped propel his career also trapped him in a cycle of obsessive behavior he now realizes ...