Michael Winters, who is best known for playing the curmudgeonly Taylor Doose on Gilmore Girls, sat down with Steve Gunderson, of the popular Gilmore Girls fansite www.girlsofgilmore.com, for an in-depth interview. Did you know he has suffered from severe depression for many years?
For many people, depression is something they have to deal with their entire life, beginning in their late teens or early twenties. I was lucky in that I only settled into depression later in life. And after many years of therapy and a strict medication routine, I feel — stable. But, for a couple years, depression was this black cloud just hovering over my entire life. I stopped doing housework. I stopped taking care of myself. I stopped going the things I loved. I just stopped. And that hurt not only myself but the people who loved and supported me.
For a long time, I prayed to god that, one day, I would be free and I could finally be happy. But now, I have accepted that is never going to happen. I’ll never truly be free of it.
Michael Winters, Gilmore Girls
And when exactly did you start feeling this depression coming on, in terms of the series?
Steve Gunderson, Girls of Gilmore Assistant Editor
Well, I suppose it was maybe 2005 when it really started to affect my life. We would have been filming S6.
Michael Winters, Gilmore Girls
So, around the time Lorelai and Rory had stopped speaking because Rory was taking a break from Yale after Mitchum Huntzberger crushed her journalist ambitions?
Steve Gunderson, Girls of Gilmore Assistant Editor
Sure. Thereabouts.
Michael Winters, Gilmore Girls
Well, I think we can all relate to how Michael Winters obviously feels about S6. You can read the full interview here.
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