Whatever happened to that show he was in, Backstrom? I thought that was a really good show and did great pulling him away from the Dwight character. It's unfortunate that it was canceled.
In these interviews where he get asked about "Dwight" it seems like the other guy is always trying talking him down from be upset for being recognized as Dwight.
I would say he was like the second most brilliant thing beside Steve Carell was Rainn Wilson’s portrayal of Dwight. He did a lot of the heavy, lifting of just hilarious stuff. I mean he was basically the main character of the office.
rainn was absolutely delightful in 6 Feet Under…he is so underrated as an actor, but he has so much range and talent. he IS a comedic genius but much more than that!
Who cares if all he's known as it Dwight? Look at Chaim Topol, he made an entire carrier out of Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof. Wilson could get work for the rest of his life playing Dwight, and that's ultimately the deffinition of a sucessful actor, one who has work.
I fucking love Rainn Wilson but I also don't get why someone with a vision hasn't been like let's scoop this guy up and make him play someone who's so unlike Dwight that it'll knock everyones tits off
I love artists. If for no other reason than for finding new ways to be fulfilled that ultimately rob you of basic satisfaction and fulfillment. There’s nothing like getting what you wanted to reveal the true consequences of the thing, violating informed consent. There’s like a weird vortex at the end of every creative project where it either fails or it succeeds in some horrible way. I have nothing but compassion and love for everybody that continues to live the horror of being successful in ways that are uncomfortable and awkward. They make our lives better and get very little of what they need in return. And That’s why we pay them. We pay them so it’s okay when their success is a kaleidoscope fractal of shit you’ve moved on from.
Appreciate and respect the heck out of you for calling Rainn's bullsnizz. He was so caught off guard by that. Need more real interviewers like this. His plight is no different than that of Daniel Radcliffe. Their break through characters were so moneumental in popluar culture, how could they ever hope to escape those shadows. There needs to be a lot more gratitude for getting to have that experience that so many of us will never have. If everyone wins the lottery, the win doesn't mean anything
I mean IDK, but I would think for an actor,I understand that you want to be diverse, but to be able to have an iconic role that everyone knows you from is,…. legacy.
Rainn is far from the first successful person with feelings of frustration (or for some, even resentment) toward the thing that made them a success. "A gilded cage". He's self-aware enough to know that he ultimately is fortunate, and made pains in this very clip to make that clear, but he's also being honest that there is an element of frustration. It's a natural human feeling to want more, or at least to experience something different and new.
@retardsofyoutube
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
The host is great. Calling people out like that. No superficial answer.
@StealTheHorizon
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Whatever happened to that show he was in, Backstrom? I thought that was a really good show and did great pulling him away from the Dwight character. It's unfortunate that it was canceled.
@JohnJacobson-s7x
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
In these interviews where he get asked about "Dwight" it seems like the other guy is always trying talking him down from be upset for being recognized as Dwight.
@mason3353
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
What a douche.
@averdadehipocritanaoebonita
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Ele ainda não entendeu que é igual o Mr. BEAN … existe um personagem que poderia migrar pra varios shows e ser sempre querido (falo do Dwight)
@averdadehipocritanaoebonita
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Quando vamos ter uma série sobre o dwight kurt schrute 😂😂😂 não pode faltar o mose Hahahahahahaha 😂😂
@RYN988
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Remarkable actor.
@LigerQ4
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Funny enough, I've never watched the office. I just know him as Fish..
@ANiCKiN
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
This guy is awesome. I am watching The Office for the first time. Dwight is always stealing the spotlight 😂
@benrosn8154
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I would say he was like the second most brilliant thing beside Steve Carell was Rainn Wilson’s portrayal of Dwight. He did a lot of the heavy, lifting of just hilarious stuff. I mean he was basically the main character of the office.
@benrosn8154
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Rainn was so good as Dwight
@ChrisWilsonShinyHead
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
rainn was absolutely delightful in 6 Feet Under…he is so underrated as an actor, but he has so much range and talent.
he IS a comedic genius but much more than that!
@sreardonatpfg
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Who cares if all he's known as it Dwight? Look at Chaim Topol, he made an entire carrier out of Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof. Wilson could get work for the rest of his life playing Dwight, and that's ultimately the deffinition of a sucessful actor, one who has work.
@melaniefowler8841
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Sorry, lost me with all the f bombs. No, definitely not a "prude" , they just takes it down a notch.
@cappington
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Change the clothes, glasses and hair and I won't see Dwight at all.
@SouthernMama2five
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Shimmer Lake
@thejubieexperience
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
He'll always be Dwigt to me
@corymiller1278
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I fucking love Rainn Wilson but I also don't get why someone with a vision hasn't been like let's scoop this guy up and make him play someone who's so unlike Dwight that it'll knock everyones tits off
@witchingbrew3
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Everyone loves Dwight, obsessed as Dwight blah blah blah. But I'm like OMG it's fishboy! Then again, I'm a horror fan.
@rhysnewman4665
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
this looks like a rolf and dwight podcast
@imsodank1
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Such a talented guy no matter the role
@Itsgivingnerd
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
All he does is whine about everything.
@Nutinwrkz
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I love the honesty of this show.
@alittlepieceofearth
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I don't really watch the office. But I enjoyed his turn on MOM. But he's done some interesting things.
@jordanweimer788
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I love artists. If for no other reason than for finding new ways to be fulfilled that ultimately rob you of basic satisfaction and fulfillment. There’s nothing like getting what you wanted to reveal the true consequences of the thing, violating informed consent. There’s like a weird vortex at the end of every creative project where it either fails or it succeeds in some horrible way. I have nothing but compassion and love for everybody that continues to live the horror of being successful in ways that are uncomfortable and awkward. They make our lives better and get very little of what they need in return. And That’s why we pay them. We pay them so it’s okay when their success is a kaleidoscope fractal of shit you’ve moved on from.
@ralphlopez3077
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Loved him in Hesher ❤
@jg3381
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Rainn did such an exceptional job playing Dwight. He was such a unique character and you don't see that very often.
@matthewpfeifer9556
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Appreciate and respect the heck out of you for calling Rainn's bullsnizz. He was so caught off guard by that.
Need more real interviewers like this.
His plight is no different than that of Daniel Radcliffe. Their break through characters were so moneumental in popluar culture, how could they ever hope to escape those shadows.
There needs to be a lot more gratitude for getting to have that experience that so many of us will never have.
If everyone wins the lottery, the win doesn't mean anything
@Iamrightyouarewrong
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I mean IDK, but I would think for an actor,I understand that you want to be diverse, but to be able to have an iconic role that everyone knows you from is,…. legacy.
@fexcab
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Schrute? Or Dwight Eisenhower?
@teresaarnsby-weaver3962
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Being seen as Dwight is not a real life problem.
@JulieCRG
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Is this interviewer sometimes NOT a richard?
@jakehendriksen2841
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Rainn is far from the first successful person with feelings of frustration (or for some, even resentment) toward the thing that made them a success. "A gilded cage". He's self-aware enough to know that he ultimately is fortunate, and made pains in this very clip to make that clear, but he's also being honest that there is an element of frustration. It's a natural human feeling to want more, or at least to experience something different and new.
@Infamousuk
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I'll watch anything with rainn in it, he's fantastic and elevates even the most mediocre things by his mere presence.
@BPH55
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
This show should be called “Neil shreds a celebrity’s ego”
@adammartin2869
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I'll always see him as "Fishboy".
……and Dwight.
@stevehuot1979
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Wealthy because of 1 role is hard to be sad for….
@denimchicken104
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
He clearly resents people for only seeing him in his big role. Tough shit dude. Be glad role like you for anything.
@troygaspard6732
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Hands down he was the best, the main reason I watched The Office. I wish he got more character parts in movies.
@aga2626
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
You are perfect the way you are Rainn. I love you❤️
@jonathaneaton
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I first saw him in Six Feet Under and I loved Backstrom! He’s Rainn to me not Dwight.
@Artisn
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
This is still the most underrated podcast of awl time.
@ExoticTurtle3
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I love that Rainn Wilson knows and likes The Stone Roses
@normlang1994
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
Rainn will always be Jack Morris to me 😉 IYKYK
@ThaFaks
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
House of 100 corpses
@streetographer
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
I only see Rainn Wilson as Macbeth. Sorry, but I do.
@MedievalMonkey
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
The Saw franchise eclipses Hannibal in terms of anti-hero franchising, but solid point.
@MedalionDS9
March 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm
That's how Michael Richards felt when he was seen as Kramer… even after his cancellation, he was still called Kramer over Michael Richards
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