Jim Parsons Interview

By Abbie Bernstein

Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parsons

As an actor, it seems that Jim Parsons can do no wrong. Not only has he won two Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Emmys – he’s also was nominated once before winning and is currently nominated yet again – and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of THE BIG BANG THEORY’s fussy geek genius Sheldon Cooper but he won a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Award for his performance as Tommy Boatwright in the 2011 Broadway debut of the play THE NORMAL HEART (the show originally premiered off-Broadway in 1985), about the early days of the AIDS epidemic; according to IMDB, Parsons is scheduled to reprise the role in a 2014 film adaptation. He just wrapped his second Broadway gig earlier this month, playing Elwood P. Dowd in the revival of HARVEY, about a man whose best friend is a giant rabbit that only he can see. As if this weren’t enough, Parsons also had a show-stopping duet with Jason Segel in last year’s hit film THE MUPPETS.

Parsons is, in short, a success by any measure – and yet the actor from Houston, Texas, remains as cordial and courteous in person as if he doesn’t spend a good portion of his non-performing time talking to interviewers.
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