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

Lately, Metz - who starred alongside Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K. Brown in the series from 2016 to 2022 - 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 health awareness and just talking about our feelings in real ways," she told 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. 

"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, Renée? Oh, is this your mad voice?' It was a regurgitation of the same emotional experiences," she told the outlet.

Prior to her return to Hollywood in 2016, 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.