Billy Flynn on His ‘Days of Our Lives’ Exit After 10 Years and Moving to ‘Young and the Restless’: ‘It Made Me the Person I Am Today’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Rosemary Rossi After 10 years playing Chad DiMera on the Peacock soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” Billy Flynn is heading to CBS’ “Young and the Restless” in a character not yet revealed.

He credits his personal and professional growth during that time to the show that he calls “the little engine that could.” “We do the best work we can despite the obstacles that we’ve faced as a show.

Part of that move I’m excited about is [that] they move slower and there’s more time to do stuff. But I was trained like a warrior here,” he tells Variety with a laugh, referring to the rapid “Days” shooting schedule which is more than nine months ahead of air. “There’s a different pace [here], but it’s made me the actor and the person I am today.” The reason for the move is simple: actors love acting but, as he put it, sometimes they just have to try something new. “I love acting, and I love stories, and I never imagined I would just tell one story for the rest of my life,” he says. “The fact that I’ve been here 10 years and it’s gone by in the blink of an eye is amazing to me.

I wasn’t a baby when I started here; I was 30. I didn’t start acting until I was 26. So it’s gone by really fast. I think with this character, I’ve done everything I can with it.