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Jason Segel Admits Starring in HIMYM Was 'Tricky' as He Balanced His Movie Career: 'I Was Starting to Not Enjoy Myself'

Jason Segel opened up in about how he had to balance his starring role on 'How I Met Your Mother' with his movie career. Segel explained that after he wrote and filmed 2008's 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' he was so tired and busy that he stopped being able to 'enjoy' things.

Looking back on his career, he noted how in 2005, he was cast as Marshall in How I Met Your Mother, which became a smash hit sitcom for CBS and ultimately ran for nine seasons. Segel appeared in 2007’s Knocked Up, directed by his friend Judd Apatow, who had also executive-produced his first TV series, 1999 cult classic Freaks and Geeks. Forgetting Sarah Marshall “did so well” — making more than $100 million at the box office when it was released in 2008 — that Segel had enough “juice” to keep getting movies made, and he wanted to keep writing his own scripts.

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