Jason Segel discussed the challenges he faced while starring in 'How I Met Your Mother,' specifically the difficulty of balancing his movie career. While working on the sitcom, which aired from 2005 to 2014, Segel was also writing films during off-seasons. He acknowledged the amazing experiences he had but admitted to feeling exhausted and less fulfilled over time. He credited Judd Apatow for encouraging his writing talent, which ultimately led to the success of 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' a film he wrote during a hiatus.
Segel recalled that Apatow told him, 'You're a weird dude, and the only way you're going to make it is if you write your own material.'
The way my life was for about six years was I would be shooting 'How I Met Your Mother,' and during that time, I would be writing a movie.
I went to Hawaii, and I rented a little house in Hawaii. And I wrote 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' in two months.
And it was an amazing time. It was an electric time. But I also was getting a little tired and I was starting to not enjoy myself so much.
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