Jason Segel shares why he was 'really unhappy' despite success of 'How I Met Your Mother'

Jason Segel, in his latest interview, revealed that he was “really unhappy” despite the success of the How I Met Your Mother series.

The 43-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter: “There was a period in my life and career around the last couple of years of How I Met Your Mother where things were firing in both movies and TV, and everyone was telling me how well it was going.”

The Muppet actor revealed: “And I was really unhappy.”

“I then had to grapple with why? What's off about this equation?” he further said. “I think the thing that I was confronted with is that it's really great to make the decision, I do what I want,' but unfortunately there's a system of permission in place where people will go, 'We don’t give a what you want to do’. Like, 'Good for you, man’,” explained Jason Segel.

The Discovery actor added that he wanted to try to do other genres after wrapping How I Met Your Mother’s finale in 2014.

“After How I Met Your Mother ended, I didn’t know what I wanted to do next. I really wondered if I was actually good enough to do drama,” Jason shared.

“I took a movie called The End of the Tour to play David Foster Wallace. The degree of difficulty of it not looking like a Saturday Night Live sketch, when you get the glasses and the bandanna and you’re saying the lines, felt so high,” mentioned This is 40 actor.