'This Is Us' star Chrissy Metz left Hollywood after two decades, says she found a 'better quality of life'

After over two decades in Los Angeles This is Us actress Chrissy Metz is embracing life in Nashville Tennessee I moved to Nashville the -year-old actress and singer reported People magazine in a new interview I was in LA for years but my family is in Florida where I'm from and during the pandemic I could drive to them from here It's just a better quality of life here Everything is minutes away and it's just so much less stress There's a lot going on she added There's obviously great music great food I grew up in the South so I'm used to sort of that hospitality it feels more communal here In L A it was invariably like 'Oh you have an audition What's it for Oh you have an audition What for ' It was all very dog-eat-dog THIS IS US STAR CHRISSY METZ SAYS STEPFATHER WOULD WEIGH ME THREATEN TO LOCK FOOD CUPBOARDS AS A TEENLately Metz who starred alongside Mandy Moore Justin Hartley Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K Brown in the series from to has been focusing on her career in music and the upcoming release of her new children's book When I Talk to God I Talk About Feelings I think we're coming into this age of mental healthcare awareness and just talking about our feelings in real options she reported the outlet And so I wondered could we preemptively strike and get the kids to name their feelings and then express their feelings and have the confidence to even do that Metz isn't the only celeb who has been open about their retreat from Hollywood Ren e Zellweger in recent weeks reflected on her six-year hiatus from Los Angeles Zellweger who discovered fame starring in movies like Jerry Maguire and Cold Mountain was featured on the cover of British Vogue's February issue and explained that there was one specific reason she decided to leave the spotlight in Because I needed to I was sick of the sound of my own voice When I was working I was like 'Oh my gosh listen to you Are you sad again Ren e Oh is this your mad voice ' It was a regurgitation of the same emotional experiences she narrated the outlet REN E ZELLWEGER FORGOT SHE WAS MARRIED TO KENNY CHESNEYPrior to her return to Hollywood in Zellweger wrote music and studied international law She also built a house rescued a pair of older doggies created a partnership that led to a production company advocated for and fundraised with a sick friend and spent alot of time with family and godchildren and driving across the country with the dogs I got healthy Zellweger explained Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this post