Rob Riggle says Hollywood work is disappearing from LA: 'It's the exception now'

Rob Riggle said many people in the industry are leaving Los Angeles because the work has moved away.The comedian, who stars in the upcoming holiday horror film "Christmas at the Kringles," told Fox News Digital that getting a job in the city is more the exception than the rule now."I think a lot has changed, the way things are done," he explained."I used to be out here because I needed to be available to work here.

A lot of the work isn't here anymore.I mean, a lot of it, the work is not here anymore.

It's the exception now, if you get to work here.So that's one reason."HOLLYWOOD STAR SOUNDS ALARM OVER DISAPPEARING JOBS AS PRODUCTIONS FLEE CALIFORNIARob Riggle said that industry work is moving away from Los Angeles.

(Variety via Getty Images)Riggle said that actors don’t even need to be in L.A.to audition anymore."They don't even do that anymore.

Like you don't get to go in anymore," he said."You have to put yourself on tape standing in front of a white, opaque wall in your garage, trying to make a selfie video, reading with your neighbor, you know, or whoever's in the house, you know? It's terrible.

It's just a terrible way to do business.And for whatever reason, that's what we get after COVID.

So that's the new paradigm and it sucks."WATCH HERE: ROB RIGGLE SAYS INDUSTRY WORK IS RARELY WORK IN LA "I used to be out here because I needed to be available to work here.A lot of the work isn't here anymore."The "Stepbrothers" actor added that "obviously there's economic reasons to move out."The 56-year-old told Fox News Digital he would love to move back to his native Kansas City.Rob Riggle stars in the new comedy-horror holiday film "Christmas at the Kringles." (Victoria Sirakova/Getty Images)JANA KRAMER SAYS LOS ANGELES PRICED HER OUT OF THE CHILDHOOD SHE WANTED FOR HER KIDS"I would love to make that happen," he admitted.

"I don't know when that's going to happen.I've got some things here in California that need tending to, and maybe when I get to a place, o...