John Goodman says he nearly had a ‘nervous breakdown’ dealing with recent career struggles

Even stars with storied professions have their struggles.

“The Conners” star John Goodman appeared on the “SmartLess” podcast June 3 and opened up to hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes about how he does not have the same degree of commitment in performing now as he did when he was youthful.

“It’s much diverse now. I sense like I’m still mastering,” he claimed. “The very last couple of many years have been goofy for me simply because I have been seeking to be great — and it does not get the job done that way.”

“You know, like arranging items way far too substantially,” Goodman additional.

The 71-calendar year-old attained actor, who a short while ago lost 200 kilos, defined that “the panic of getting rid of rely on in myself” has been his core concern currently in his lifetime and occupation.

“I overcompensated by doing the job way much too difficult. I’ve just sort of come out of that in the past 12 months or so,” he shared. “And there is so significantly to master.”

When questioned how he’s gotten previous that, Goodman mentioned it was by “practically getting a nervous breakdown.”

“It was negative with everything. It just purged out of me when I went to the therapist one working day. And then for the rest of the day it was horrible. Almost nothing labored,” he reported.

Even so, Goodman managed to come across inner peace and finished up in a great place all over again.

“You’ve acquired to be calm when you do stuff. And open and pay attention,” he shared.

The “Argo” star was also requested if he’s wanting to do distinct acting roles as he adjustments as a particular person the more mature he gets.

“I really don’t know. I have been executing the exact identical two roles for the previous four or five years, and I have not definitely had significantly of a possibility to do anything else.”

Goodman verified he was chatting about the “Roseanne” spinoff “The Conners,” which premiered in 2018, and the HBO crime sequence “The Righteous Gemstones,” which premiered in 2019.

Later on on in the podcast, Goodman described that he chooses to be open about his struggles to assist other individuals, these as by chatting about his sobriety.

“I’ve been cleanse about 16 a long time now,” he reported. “The final 16 decades I have experienced to grow a good deal into my typical age, and it’s been a whole lot, but I’m glad I did it.”

Goodman formerly opened up about his addiction and how it’s been impacted by his struggles with assurance in an interview with The Guardian in 2015.

“I had a dilemma with it and… I drank for a whilst and in the direction of the finish of that, the traces would not come,” the Emmy Award winner said. “And it was like a snowball. It just crafted up a lack of self-assurance that I could even discover lines.”

He continued: “And I was punishing myself far more than everything else and even applying my power completely wrong and it is just a make any difference of staying relaxed with it, and figuring out [the lines] are going to appear, have patience. It is my character dysfunction that I want anything suitable now. I gotta have it now, now! Mr Now! I mean, you just cannot do that [on stage]. It is a approach.”