Stephen Baldwin Ditched Hollywood After He 'Felt a Calling' at an Evangelical Event: 'Jesus and the Holy Spirit Fascinated Me'

Stephen Baldwin insisted it was his choice to leave Hollywood.

In a new interview, the actor explained he "probably could have pointed myself in the direction of becoming a big star," but he never had a desire "to be Tom Cruise, and have to make $100 million at the box office."

"I’d rather be a schmuck from Massapequa!" he quipped of his New York roots. "I’m good at that!"

After the Usual Suspects star, 60, and wife Kennya Baldwin, 58, welcomed their first daughter, they hired a housekeeper who shared an enlightening message with them.

"My wife tells me, ‘I just spoke to Augusta, and she said the real reason she’s here is because God spoke to her, and she said in the future you and I will become born-again Christians and have our own ministry,’" Stephen recalled to People, admitting he dismissed her words at the time.

However, after welcoming daughter Hailey and moving to New York, Stephen's eyes were opened when he attended an evangelical event with sister Beth.

He continued to attend evangelical gatherings, including a festival that featured skateboarders.

"Down on the beach, they had built a skate park on the sand with plywood. And these funky, super committed, cool, tattooed, pierced skateboarders were there and they’d skate, stop, pick up a microphone and start preaching evangelistically, and like 5,000 kids would be around watching because of their interest in the skateboarders," the father-of-two said. "I felt a calling."

He then joined Kevin Palau to produce a video project titled Livin it, which blended skate culture and Christian music.

"In the first six months we’d distributed 10,000 copies. Then one of the bigger churches called and asked what it would cost to bring the skaters from the video to their church for a live event. So that’s when I left Hollywood," he said. "I went to 125 churches over four years."

Added the star, "Jesus and the holy spirit fascinated me."

"My commitment to the Lord now is simple. I said, ‘Lord, give me the platform and, and the resources to tell, to tell stories about you like John Hughes,'" he expressed, referring to the late iconic film director.

"I’ve done 100 movies, I’ve made more money that I could have wildly imagined, and I’m married to the hottest chick I’ve ever seen in my life. Jesus is my rock. My wife is my anchor," the The Young Riders alum gushed. "I’ve had the most amazing life and I’m only 60. I’m so blessed. I’m just waiting for more doors open that I’m supposed to walk through."