‘13 Reasons Why’ Star Dylan Minnette REVEALS the Reason He Quit Acting E- News

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00:00 it also started to feel like a bit of a job.

00:02 - Dylan Minnette is opening up

00:04 about why he stepped away from Hollywood.

00:06 While appearing on the Zach Sang Show on May 23rd,

00:10 the 13 Reasons Why star reflects on his decision

00:13 to take a pause on acting and focus on his band, Wallows.

00:17 - And I was very fortunate to find success in it.

00:20 Like we've always worked a ton

00:22 and then I was on, you know, 13 Reasons Why

00:24 and it was really popular and definitely reached a peak

00:27 in like so far in what I've had in acting

00:29 but it also started to feel like a bit of a job.

00:33 - Dylan notes that what he once enjoyed about acting

00:37 started to fade away as it felt like, quote, just a job.

00:41 So he redirected his time to his band.

00:44 - I feel like Wallows and music is like this passion

00:49 that we've always had as a group

00:50 to like really take all the way as far as we can.

00:53 And I was like, I feel like I'm in a position now

00:56 where I can just kind of like do that for a while.

00:58 And I feel like get this as far as it can be.

01:01 And the only way that's gonna happen

01:01 is if I put my a hundred percent time and energy into it

01:04 and like take it very seriously and show the world

01:06 that we all take this very seriously.

01:08 This is a real band.

01:09 We're gonna do real band things and watch this.

01:11 - As Dylan, who formed the indie rock band

01:14 with Cole Preston and Braden LeMasters in 2017,

01:18 put it, quote, "I'm following what feels natural

01:21 and inspiring at the time."

01:23 The 26 year old also reveals

01:25 that he intended to start acting again last year,

01:28 but didn't due to the SAG after a strike.

01:32 And although his last projects

01:33 were the Dropout and Scream in 2022,

01:36 Dylan does see himself returning to the screen soon.

01:40 - And I feel like I'm actually starting

01:41 to have more inspiration for it.

01:43 Like I'm starting to feel like,

01:43 I feel like I have something to give artistically

01:46 and creatively in other fields than just music right now.

01:48 I do feel like I have something to give

01:50 and that's probably acting,

01:51 but like, I feel like there's something,

01:53 I feel like I'm starting to feel inspiration

01:54 for that again.

01:55 So yeah, like at some point when we've like fulfilled

02:00 our wallows duties and we're all like ready to sort of,

02:02 when we're ready to like take a break as a band

02:04 or just take a second, that's when I will,

02:06 I feel like I'll have the perfect inspiration to do something

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