[high-pitched rewind whine] [projector humming] i grew up as a big-headed 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 mifflin s 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] you d think i d 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. it s just i ve been going through a really hard time recently on a number of different levels, and i ve been feeling a little bit low, a little bit less than, a little depressed and humbled and lost these days. and so i ve churned through countless thera
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