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John Goodman told the SAG-AFTRA Foundation that he was "frightened" by the level of fame he achieved following his starring role in "Roseanne." The 74-year-old actor admitted during a conversation with interviewer Joe Neumaier that he wished he had understood the shift from independent actor to celebrity better.
Goodman stated, "I wish I would have taken to it better," adding that he is "my own worst enemy, by far." The actor described the late 1980s and early 1990s as a period when his career changed rapidly.
He recalled being told to hire a publicist and manage the situation, saying, "I had a bad time dealing with how famous I got all of a sudden, and just [said], ‘Well, that ain’t me.'" Goodman noted that it took a long time to deal with the fame but acknowledged that negotiations to sell films are necessary because people put a lot of money into those projects.
Goodman originally agreed to join "Roseanne" to stop living out of a suitcase. He said he hit it off with Roseanne Barr immediately and knew when he left the audition that he had the job.
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