{"id":201082,"date":"2025-09-05T01:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201082\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:56:12","slug":"leaving-los-angeles-saved-my-life-says-frankie-muniz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201082\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Los Angeles saved my life, says Frankie Muniz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frankie Muniz thinks leaving Los Angeles “saved [his] life”.
The 39-year-old actor left the city and relocated to Arizona back in 2008, and Frankie insists he doesn’t have any regrets about his decision.
Frankie – who put his acting career on hold in order to pursue his ambitions in the motorsport world – told Us Weekly: “[When] I started racing, I didn\u2019t need to be in Los Angeles. I was on the road a lot and could be based wherever I wanted. Honestly, I did not like Los Angeles. So I moved to Arizona, and I love it.
“I feel like it saved my life in the sense that I started enjoying the little aspects of life more, like hiking [and] going to the grocery store, because it was easy. I didn\u2019t have to fight [to] find a parking spot or pay for valet.”
The TV star decided to pursue an open-wheel racing career in 2008, but Frankie didn’t really plan to change careers.
The actor actually changed his life plans after winning a celebrity race.
He explained: “I was a huge racing fan, but never did it cross my mind that I\u2019d be a race car driver.
“That feeling of crossing the finish line first was magical, and I knew in that moment, ‘I want to feel this more.’ A pro team approached me and offered me a test, and I was really quick in it \u2026 and they signed me that day to a two-year development deal. I was signed to do a movie, but we didn\u2019t know if it was going to happen.
“I remember calling my agents at the time, and [saying], ‘I\u2019m going to do the racing, and I don\u2019t care what offer we get.'”
Frankie insists he doesn’t have any regrets about his career choices.
The Malcolm in the Middle star – who is married to actress Paige Price – said: “I like where I\u2019m at.
“I\u2019ve got an amazing wife [and] son. I love being a race car driver, but I think [about how I] literally left in the height of my career, told my agents and managers, ‘Don\u2019t call me.’ I do wonder what my life would\u2019ve been [like] if I didn\u2019t do that. But it\u2019s not a regret. I\u2019m in the best spot possible. I\u2019m just busy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frankie Muniz thinks leaving Los Angeles “saved [his] life”.The 39-year-old actor left the city and relocated to Arizona…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,59459,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-201082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-frankie-muniz","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115149208491091168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}