[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
don t miss supporting team usa as they look to qualify for the knockout stages. kickoff is at 8:30 pm eastern time. and don t go anywhere. in just a moment catch the first episode of rainn wilson and the geography of bliss, the five-part documentary series follows actor rainn wilson exploring some of the happiest places on earth while unpacking the science of happiness along the way. first on rainn s journey, iceland. you started as a standup comic and then kind of almost as a joke ran for mayor of reykjavík and for four years served as mayor of this world capital. now are you playing a character when he ran for mayor? in the beginning, i was playing a character. of a fictional version of. yourself exactly. rainn wilson and the geography of bliss is next, ten pm eastern on msnbc, and it s of course streaming on peacock as well. thank you for making time for
netherlands live on peacock and telemundo. don t miss supporting team usa as they look to qualify for the knockout stages. kickoff is at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. don t go anywhere. catch the first episode of rainn wilson and the geoff of bliss, the five-part documentary series following rainn wilson exploring some of the happiest places on earth while unpacking the science of happiness along the way. first on rainn s journey, iceland. you started as a standup comic and then kind of almost as a joke ran as mayor and served as four years of this world capital. were you playing a character when you were running for mayor or just in the beginning in. in the beginning. rainn wilson and the geoff of bliss airs next at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. it s streaming on peacock as
ran for mayor of reykjavík. - yeah. - and served four years as mayor of this world capital. now, were you playing a character when you were running for mayor, or were you really yourself? - in the beginning, i was playing a character. - a fictional version of yourself. a saga version of yourself. - exactly. - but it seems like a lot of icelanders have kind of multiple reinventions of themselves and multiple realities. - yeah. - someone can be a stockbroker and also be in a heavy metal band. - yeah, and publish poetry. - mm. because in america, you re really. culturally, people want you to be on one track. they kinda wanna know what you are. oh, you re an insurance salesman. - yes. exactly. - you re a schoolteacher. and people. it s pretty rare for people to break out of that kind of track they get kind of set into. - to be able to survive here. - mm. - you have to be adaptive because the country is quite unforgiving. i have sometimes compared to being raised
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