Ive gone through good patches and bad patches, Lillard toldBusiness Insider.

Ive been irrelevant and thought I was never going to work again.

Ive been at all aspects of the career, and I love where Im at right this second.

Matthew Lillard screams as Shaggy while Scooby-Doo frightfully looks over his shoulder in a still from ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’.

Matthew Lillard in ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’ (2004).Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection

The movie topped the box office when it premiered, grossing $275.7 million worldwide.

Lillard explained, I thought Id be No.

1 on the call sheet for the next 10 years of movies.

Matthew Lillard

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini and Matthew Lillard inScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed(2004)Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection

And the reality was the exact opposite happened.

He also launched his spirits brand Find Familiar Spirits.

That, to me, has been way more satisfying than getting a part in a movie.