Zachary Levi says Texas gives him the ‘freedom’ he couldn’t find in California

Zachary Levi believes Texas offered him the kind of freedom and shared values that he no longer felt he had in his home state of California.

In 2017, the 45-year-old actor, who is starring in the new Western movie "Angel and the Badman," left Los Angeles behind and moved to a ranch outside Austin.

During a recent interview with Fox News Digital alongside his "Angel and the Badman" co-stars, Neal McDonough and Meg Fraser, as well as the film's director, Julio Quintana, Levi reflected on trading the Golden State for the Lone Star State, noting that the "great state of Texas" is a "much easier place to live than a lot of the other places that I have lived." 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' STAR ADRIANNE PALICKI SAYS TEXAS GAVE HER SOMETHING HOLLYWOOD COULDN'T "I love California.

It's a beautiful state," he said.

"Unfortunately, I think it's got a lot of issues and I don't see those going anywhere." "Whereas in Texas , I think that their values are more aligned with mine," he continued.

"I appreciate that I don't have to pay state income tax and there's liberty.

There's the liberty to go do what I want to go do, which is, like, go buy a bunch of land and build a movie studio." NEWSOM SAYS FILM TAX INCENTIVES ARE BRINGING HOLLYWOOD HOME BUT INDUSTRY EXPERTS WARN IT MAY BE 'TOO LATE' "You can be a crazy person and go do that," Levi added.

"If Walt Disney tried to go build Disneyland in California today, I don't think it would ever get done, you know, so it gives me the freedom to go live the life that I believe that I'm meant to go live." Levi is currently building Wyldwood Studios, a $100 million film and lifestyle campus on his 75-acre property in Bastrop County outside Austin.

Designed as a hybrid production hub and creative retreat, the multiphase project pairs soundstages and production offices with housing and wellness spaces.

Wyldwood is expected to open its first two soundstages in 2027.

WATCH: ZACHARY LEVI SAYS TEXAS GAVE HIM THE FREEDOM HE COULDN'T FIND IN CALIFORNIA The "Chuck" alum previously told Fox News Digital that the inspiration to build Wyldwood was rooted in his longstanding desire to rethink how the entertainment industry operates from the inside out.

"Ever since I started working in Hollywood and I saw how broken it all was, I felt very compelled by God to go build a better Hollywood — like a new United Artists kind of studio — where it's owned and operated by the artists, where we can cut out all the middlemen, where we all can do really well, build a community," Levi said.

"And then not just a place to work," he continued.

"People can live there, and kids can go to school there.