[highpitched rewind whine] [projector humming] i grew up as a bigheaded baby in seattle, moved to nicaragua when i was three, made friends with parrots and sloths. Moved back to Washington State when i was five, learned to play the bassoon. Moved to illinois and joined the drama club, and eventually, i landed in los angeles as dunder mifflins assistant to the regional manager. Please welcome rainn wilson. Rainn wilson. Yet for all my success, my wife and son, whom i love, a nice house, people tattooing my face on their feet. [beeping, whirring] [sighs] youd think id be happier. [upbeat music] but like so many others, i struggle. To find fulfillment. Amy. To find true joy. I need to be honest with you all. Its just ive been going through a really hard time recently on a number of different levels, and ive been feeling a little bit low, a little bit less than, a little depressed and humbled and lost these days. And so ive churned through countless therapists and selfhelp books. Ive tried
- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [instrumental music] new york city, where i live. and it s easy to think, having
than waking up at the crack of dawn, dipping into these 40-something-degree arctic waters with a group of insane icelandic women, followed by a near total freeze of my netherlands? [bluesy guitar music] - [speaking icelandic] - hello! - whoo! hi! - all right, let s do this! - whoo-hoo! - good to see you. all right! - ohh. oh ha ha. - how you feeling? - [whimpering] uh, i don t want to be this cold. i want to drink hot chocolate, and, um. - i feel you, yeah. - i-i m scared. - okay. - okay. okay. - it s okay. - your only goal now is to go in this ocean and surrender. but if you tell your body, i m okay. because you with your nervous system and your hat,
- ready, set, go! [crowd cheering] [bluesy guitar music] - early in the morning when the sun does rise laying in the bed with bloodshot eyes get me drinking that moonshine get me higher than the grocery bill take my troubles to the high wall throw them in the river and get your fill lord it s a mighty hard living but it s damn good feeling to run these roads - so these things have to be durable, to say the least? i mean, you re pounding the hell out of them. - they re actually built to be indestructible. - indestructible. - yeah, that s the plan. - yeah! - well, i guess we broke it. - [laughs]