John Goodman says Roseanne fame left him struggling: That aint me

John Goodman is getting real about the downside of starring in one of the biggest sitcoms of all time.During a conversation with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the 74-year-old actor admitted he was “frightened” by the level of fame he achieved following his starring role in “Roseanne” and other projects.When asked what his biggest pitfalls were that he wished he would have foreseen, he replied he wished he would have understood fame better.“I wish I would have taken to it better,” he said.“I didn’t.

I was frightened … I’m my own worst enemy, by far.”Earlier in the conversation with interviewer Joe Neumaier, Goodman was asked about the way his career picked up in the late ‘80s and early ’90s, and how he shifted from being a more independent actor to being a celebrity.“It changed,'” he said.“That’s when I was told, ‘You better get a publicist and get a hold of this stuff.’ And I just … I had a bad time dealing with how famous I got all of a sudden, and just [said], ‘Well, that ain’t me.'”He added, “It took a long time to deal with it, so I got that out of the way.

But just the negotiations you have to go through, the things you have to do to sell a film, they’re not ideal, but they need to be done.People put a lot of money into these things, and let’s help each other out and get this done.

They have a job to do, and you have to support it.”At another point in the interview, Goodman shared he agreed to do “Roseanne” “to quit living out of a suitcase,” adding that he “hit it off with [Roseanne Barr] immediately, to the point where, and not in an arrogant way, I just knew when I left that I had the job.”“Roseanne” aired on ABC for nine seasons from 1988 to 1997, releasing 222 episodes in its first run and winning four Emmy Awards.“At the time, the hot shows in television were all wealth porn, like ‘Dynasty,’ ‘Dallas,’ stuff like that.And we were sober reality,” he said.

“Rose said some...