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.

One Tree Hill alum Chad Michael Murray revealed why he nearly gave up acting after leaving the hit TV drama in a new interview, explaining that he “couldn’t do it anymore.”

Chad Michael Murray falls in the category of people who saw huge success at the beginning of their career and at a very young age. Some of his early experiences led him to consider leaving this industry.