John Corbett made legions of fans swoon with his performances in the Sex and the City and My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchises, but he now believes a professional detour might have been to his benefit.

Appearing on the Fly on the Wall podcast last week, the actor deemed the bulk of his work in Hollywood unfulfilling, and suggested hed have opted for a different career path entirely if hed known how things would turn out.

Look, Im at the fourth quarter of the football game now, in life and in show biz its just a fact, Corbett, 63, told hosts Dana Carvey and David Spade. So I can reveal now I picked the fucking wrong thing to do with my life.

Though the actor acknowledged hes made a lot of money and now lives in a beautiful home, he wishes hed had more creative input on the film and TV projects he was a part of.

As far as a fulfilling creative work life, I didnt write one fucking line, he said. I didnt write one joke to make people laugh. So its been unfulfilling on that level.