Seth Rogen on Fame and Insecurity

I think I spent so much time worried I think I spent so much time worried about money when I was younger that now about money when I was younger that now about money when I was younger that now that I make more money than I ever that I make more money than I ever that I make more money than I ever thought I would, like thought I would, like thought I would, like I think like the gift I've given to I think like the gift I've given to I think like the gift I've given to myself is I never think about it. I myself is I never think about it. I myself is I never think about it. I don't fetishize money. I don't care if don't fetishize money. I don't care if don't fetishize money. I don't care if other people are making more money than other people are making more money than other people are making more money than me doing the exact same thing as me. I me doing the exact same thing as me. I me doing the exact same thing as me. I don't have like an ego about it. I'm don't have like an ego about it. I'm don't have like an ego about it. I'm making more than making more than making more than than I ever thought I would. than I ever thought I would. than I ever thought I would. There it's funny, like there's this There it's funny, like there's this There it's funny, like there's this I read this book on I read this book on I read this book on I read that going clear book or really I read that going clear book or really I read that going clear book or really every once in a while, you know, like every once in a while, you know, like every once in a while, you know, like you read like one sentence and it like you read like one sentence and it like you read like one sentence and it like snaps your whole perspective into place snaps your whole perspective into place snaps your whole perspective into place a little bit. And I remember reading a little bit. And I remember reading a little bit. And I remember reading that book about Scientology and there that book about Scientology and there that book about Scientology and there was just one sentence in it about how was just one sentence in it about how was just one sentence in it about how famous people tend to do a thing where famous people tend to do a thing where famous people tend to do a thing where if they aren't treated in a certain way, if they aren't treated in a certain way, if they aren't treated in a certain way, they it makes them think they're not as they it makes them think they're not as they it makes them think they're not as talented as they wish they were. And talented as they wish they were. And talented as they wish they were. And it's like if I go to a restaurant and I it's like if I go to a restaurant and I it's like if I go to a restaurant and I have to wait 20 minutes for a table have to wait 20 minutes for a table have to wait 20 minutes for a table instead of them just seating me right instead of them just seating me right instead of them just seating me right away as as they are the famous person away as as they are the famous person away as as they are the famous person next to me, is it cuz I'm not as am I next to me, is it cuz I'm not as am I next to me, is it cuz I'm not as am I not as talented as I thought I was? Am I not as talented as I thought I was? Am I not as talented as I thought I was? Am I not as good as I thought I was? If I'm not as good as I thought I was? If I'm not as good as I thought I was? If I'm not getting a deal, if I'm not getting not getting a deal, if I'm not getting not getting a deal, if I'm not getting the best hotel room and I go next door the best hotel room and I go next door the best hotel room and I go next door and and and someone has a nicer hotel and and and someone has a nicer hotel and and and someone has a nicer hotel room than me on the press tour, does room than me on the press tour, does room than me on the press tour, does that mean that I am not as good an actor that mean that I am not as good an actor that mean that I am not as good an actor as I thought I was? And I think that is as I thought I was? And I think that is as I thought I was? And I think that is how a lot of famous people interpret how how a lot of famous people interpret how how a lot of famous people interpret how they're treated. And they think that if they're treated. And they think that if they're treated. And they think that if they're not getting the best treatment, they're not getting the best treatment, they're not getting the best treatment, it they aren't as skilled as they wish it they aren't as skilled as they wish it they aren't as skilled as they wish they were, as they thought they were.

they were, as they thought they were. they were, as they thought they were. And that was a thing that I realized And that was a thing that I realized And that was a thing that I realized when I read that. It was like, oh, it it when I read that. It was like, oh, it it when I read that. It was like, oh, it it is tapping into some is tapping into some is tapping into some deep part of me that makes me worried deep part of me that makes me worried deep part of me that makes me worried I'm not as talented as I as I as I want I'm not as talented as I as I as I want I'm not as talented as I as I as I want to be or as I wish I was or or and to be or as I wish I was or or and to be or as I wish I was or or and that's it. And and and cuz that's like that's it. And and and cuz that's like that's it. And and and cuz that's like the thing you the thing you the thing you fear the most and is the most fear the most and is the most fear the most and is the most potentially painful. potentially painful. potentially painful. >> How did you work through that? How How >> How did you work through that? How How >> How did you work through that? How How you see obviously you said you felt that you see obviously you said you felt that you see obviously you said you felt that at some point and then it changed for at some point and then it changed for at some point and then it changed for you? you? you? >> Honestly, as soon as I read that one >> Honestly, as soon as I read that one >> Honestly, as soon as I read that one sentence, I it it it started to shift sentence, I it it it started to shift sentence, I it it it started to shift for me and I started to for me and I started to for me and I started to much more easily identify myself when much more easily identify myself when much more easily identify myself when that was happening and and I was able to that was happening and and I was able to that was happening and and I was able to sort of I think shift my behavior pretty sort of I think shift my behavior pretty sort of I think shift my behavior pretty quickly in the wake of that, yeah. quickly in the wake of that, yeah. quickly in the wake of that, yeah. >> Mhm.