“I think I was too concerned with what other people might think,” he told GQ in July 2022, before confessing it was the show’s writing that eventually convinced him. “I also knew that if I said no to this, that whoever ended up doing it, I would hate them forever.”
The After Everything actor also shared that while he was grateful for his time on Shameless, but that being on one show for such a long period of time took its toll.
“There was a period where I stopped feeling like an actor and I started feeling like I was just here to do this show,” he continued. “It was an upsetting head space to be in. When it was going to end, I was questioning: Maybe I do just exist on this show. What else is there? Am I an actor? I was definitely having a lot of doubt when I was finishing Shameless.”