TV is really, really, really hard work. You sacrifice a lot of your personal life, a lot of your sanity, just to do one show.
If you look at top players - Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi - so many had a parent who was domineering to the point where you really had to question his sanity. It was nuts.
In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.