Dylan Minnette shares why he took a break from acting to focus on music with his rock band Wallows.
The 13 reasons why star, who has been working as an actor since he was eight, spoke candidly about his passions in a recent interview on the Zach Sang show.
“I have been fortunate to have achieved success [acting],” he explained. “I was up 13 reasons why and it was very popular and definitely peaked in what I've experienced in terms of acting. But it also started to feel a bit like a job. And I was in a very fortunate position, it was always fun for me, always very inspiring, but then it just started to feel like just a job.
Minnette said he and his band, which also includes Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston, have always dreamed of taking music “as far as it can go.”
“I feel like I'm in a position now where I can do that for a while and get this as far as I can,” says the Save grace actor added. “The only way that's going to happen is if I put my 100 percent time and energy into it, take it very seriously and show the world that we are all taking this very seriously. This is a real band, we're going to do real band things.”
Minnette said following his passion for music “feels somewhat natural and inspiring” at the moment. However, he occasionally thinks about returning to the screen, like last year, but the time frame finally fell during the actors' strike.
While his hiatus from Hollywood continues to lengthen, he last appeared in 2022 Scream And The fallout — Minnette admitted that he is “starting to get more inspiration” for acting and “something to give artistically and creatively in areas other than music.”
“I feel like I have something to give, and that's probably acting…I feel like I'm starting to get inspired to do that again,” he continued. “At some point, when we've completed our Wallows duties and we're all ready to take a break as a band, then I'll have the perfect inspiration to do something.”