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He left Hollywood after starring on the wildly-successful HBO series Entourage to start a new life on a Texas farm.
But Adrian Grenier would be open to returning to work in showbiz - if the conditions were right.
While Grenier has sporadically acted over the years, he told Page Six he would only sign onto certain projects if the film crew 'comes to him.'
'I mean, the truth is, the industry is moving to me,' the 49-year-old actor told the outlet on Monday.
'There's $2.5 billion that the Texas state government just put into film and television projects in Texas,' he explained. 'They're building three movie studios not too far from me.'
He added: 'I don't see any reason why we wouldn't just continue to film in Texas.'
Adrian Grenier revealed he has strict criteria for him to return to full-time acting
Grenier — who was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and grew up going to school in New York City — noted that he still has 'a soft spot in [his] heart for California' but considers Texas his home now.
The Devil Wears Prada star currently lives with his family on his 46-acre ranch in Texas.
He purchased his first property in Austin in 2016 and later founded Kintsugi Ranch in Bastrop, a city located about 30 miles away from the trendy town, with his wife Jordan Roemmele.
On the same property, they tend to their ranch and are raising their two sons — Seiko, nearly three, and Evren, whom they welcomed last year.
About their day-to-day life with a toddler and a baby, he said: 'It's a party. It's a total party. I love it, absolutely.'
He also said that he and his Self Custody buddies are frequently 'talking about how much we love our kids.'
During the interview, Grenier was joined by Self Custody costars Henry Cejudo and Garrett Patten, who also directed their new bitcoin action-thriller.
Grenier returned to acting with Self Custody, a short shot near his home and one which fit his condition of having Tinseltown traveling to him.
The actor rose to fame for his role in the 2006 cult classic The Devil Wears Prada and for the hit HBO series Entourage
Since then, he has continued to act sporadically and his latest role is his first in four years. For future projects, he said he prefers for Tinseltown to travel to him in Texas
In Self Custody, Grenier plays a wealthy businessman who is the one responsible for giving his former employee (Patten) bitcoin as a signing bonus.
The story follows Patten as a struggling father who embarks on a desperate journey to reclaim his lost fortune, now worth millions of dollars, and gets caught up in the dangers of the dark web.
The short film marks his first acting role in four years.
He previously rose to fame for starring in the HBO series Entourage, which ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011, and the 2006 cult classic The Devil Wears Prada.
The actor, who was born in Santa Fe and grew up going to school in New York City, previously opened up about how he fell in love with Austin and founded a ranch there with his now-wife in 2020; pictured in October 2021
He said that California, where he and his former costars filmed Entourage from 2004 to 2011, still has a 'soft spot in [his] heart' but he considers his 46-acre ranch in Texas home now
The star left Hollywood behind around the time he met Jordan Roemmele and later married her in 2022. They welcomed two children together since then and have been raising their two young sons on their ranch; pictured in July 2004 portrait
Grenier starred opposite Anne Hathaway as her boyfriend Nate Cooper, but it appears Hathaway's character has now moved on as a trailer shows her with a new love interest.
Grenier admitted to Page Six that it was a 'disappointment' that he wasn't contacted to appear in the film but said he remained optimistic he would 'obviously' get a callback in the future for a spinoff.
He also said that he believed that he 'didn't get the call' to return for the sequel because of the 'backlash' towards his character's actions in the original film.
'We're all fans of the movie, whether or not we're in it,' he said. 'Obviously, it was a disappointment that I didn't get the call to be in the sequel, but I also understand there's some backlash with Nate, the character, so that might have something to do with it.'
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