United Kingdom, Sept. 5 -- 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't 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't have to fight [to] ...