Even if they’re not talking about that, sometimes your head goes to a negative place, and I know mine really did,” the “Cinderella Story” actor admitted.

More than 15 years after he left One Tree Hill, Chad Michael Murray admitted the departure from the teen drama almost ended his acting career. During a recent interview with Interview Magazine, Murray recalled being done with acting after leaving One Tree Hill.

To think, this holiday season we might have had a Chad Michael Murray-less The Merry Gentlemen on Netflix. And how merry could they possibly have been without him? Murray recently revealed that he almost quit acting altogether following his success on The CW's teen drama One Tree Hill and that he had to take some time to "reassess" his priorities.