WATCH: Mark Wahlberg ditched liberal California to ‘give my kids a better life’ – Washington Examiner

Actor Mark Wahlberg said he moved his family out of California to give his children a better life.

"I moved to California many years ago to pursue acting and Ive only made a couple of movies in the entire time that I was there," he told CBS's The Talk on Tuesday. "So, to be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us."

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The actor described wanting to build a studio in his new state and make a "Hollywood 2.0" in Nevada so that he can work from home.

"So, we came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and theres a lot of opportunity here. Im really excited about the future, he continued.

"There's lots of opportunity here," Wahlberg added.

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In a 2016 interview, he told Task & Purpose that many celebrities talk about politics a lot more than they ought to. A lot of Hollywood is living in a bubble," he said. "Theyre pretty out of touch with the common person, the everyday guy out there providing for their family.

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WATCH: Mark Wahlberg ditched liberal California to 'give my kids a better life' - Washington Examiner