- Seth Regen said not having kids has helped him "succeed."
- "A lot of people have kids before they even think about it," Rogen said.
Seth Rogen attributes some of his success in the entertainment industry to not having kids, insisting that he gets more "active enjoyment" out of life than many of his friends who are parents.
Rogen made the confession on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast when host Steven Bartlett asked about his secrets to success 57 minutes into the conversation. Bartlett mentioned that Rogen wasn't a parent.
"That has helped me succeed, as well," Rogen laughed. "There's a whole huge thing I'm not doing, which is raising children."
When pushed to consider if having children would make him happier, Rogen said: "I don't think it would."
The "Pineapple Express" star said he's been around children and isn't "ignorant" to what it's like to raise them.
"Some people want kids, some people don't want kids," he continued. "A lot of people have kids before they even think about it from what I've seen, honestly. You just are told 'you go through life, you get married, you have kids. It's what happens.'
Rogen said he and his wife Lauren Miller, whom he married in 2011, have had conversations about whether they should have kids in the past, but he affirmed, "The older we get more happy and reaffirmed we are with our choice to not have kids."
He said that these days they tell each other, "Honestly, thank God we don't have children, we get to do whatever we want, we are in the prime of our lives, we are smarter than we've ever been, we understand ourselves more than we ever have, we have the capacity to achieve a level of work and a level of communication and care for one another, and a lifestyle we can live with one another that we've never been able to live before."
The "Superbad" star said "the world does not need" another child right now. "We're very happy with our choice to not have kids," he added.
Rogen then doubled down, saying he has "more time" to do what he wants to do in life than his friends who are parents.
"Not to say their kids don't bring them joy," he continued. "But I say this truthfully. Me and my wife seem to get a lot more active enjoyment out of not having kids than anyone I know seems to get out of having kids."
He also attributed his success to being "nice" and being someone that "people want to help instead of not help."
"If people don't like being around you then you will fail because you need other people to help you succeed," Rogen said.