What Rainn Wilson has said about Depression

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026

Rainn Wilson, American actor known for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office and founder of SoulPancake, has been quoted on Depression once in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Wilson said his childhood sense of being unloved produced anxiety and depression, and that his reading of science fiction was rooted in loneliness.
“in reality, it was because I was lonely and depressed and sitting in my room and not socializing and just reading science fiction books”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn Wilson (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 31:20

Episodes

Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn Wilson
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 25, 2026 · 55 min
Rainn Wilson tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about his alienated nerdy childhood, anxiety and addiction, therapy, 12-step programs and the Baha'i faith.

Others on Depression

Druski · 1 quote

Rainn Wilson on other topics

Psychotherapy · 4 quotes
The Office (American TV series) · 3 quotes
Nerd culture and bullying · 3 quotes
Baha'i Faith · 2 quotes
Meditation · 1 quote
Addiction and recovery · 1 quote
Twelve-step program · 1 quote
Panic attacks and anxiety disorder · 1 quote