Candace Cameron Bure Would Do More 'Full House' Under One Condition

Candace Cameron Bure

More Full House? Here's hoping, dude.

Candace Cameron Bure, who starred on the original sitcom and its spin-off, Fuller House, would give a thumbs up to a new iteration of the classic show.

"I would love it," she told Parade in an exclusive new interview. But under one condition: "I don't know if there will ever be another iteration, but if there is, if we could create something in a world that would honor Bob [Saget] and hold up the legacy I'm all in."

"I love it. I love my Full and Fuller House family so much," Bure added. "So, I don't know. If the public is strong enough about it, then maybe we could make it happen."

From 1987 to 1995, Bure played D.J. Tanner on Full House and reprised her role for Netflix's Fuller House, which came to an end in 2020 after five seasons.

Although it would feel "a little strange" for Bure to do another Full House series without the Tanner family patriarch—Danny Tanner—played by Bob Saget, who died in 2022, the actress said, "I feel like there definitely could be a way that would still be honoring and would keep his memory and legacy alive."

While Bure was a member of the beloved TV family, she's lending a helping hand to the Smallbone family as Kay Albright in her new tearjerker movie Unsung Hero, in theaters nationwide April 26. The film is based on the true story of Grammy Award-winning artists Rebecca St. James and for KING & COUNTRY's family, who moved from Australia to the United States to rebuild their lives, and in the face of obstacles, held on to their faith.

Continue reading for Parade's exclusive interview with Candace Cameron Bure about Unsung Hero and perseverance, plus her new Christmas movie, A Christmas Less Traveled.

This movie is about perseverance. It's a reminder to never give up... Was there ever a point in your career where you felt like you wanted to give up?

Oh, I think I've had a lot of moments I felt like I wanted to give up. Starting when I was probably like, you know, 8 or 9 years old. I remember going, "I don't want to do this anymore." My mom was like, "Okay." Only [for me] to come back like a couple weeks later and go, "Oh no, I really miss it. I want to do commercials again," or "I want to be on TV again." But along the way, it's just like anything, there are obstacles in life. And sometimes it feels like you're hitting a brick wall and you just want to go, "Ugh I'm done with this. I give up." But it's really when you push through it, it's the perseverance, it's the endurance that builds our character. And that is what truly gives us hope. And I'm glad I pushed through along the way, especially when I'd run into those big obstacles in life, because I wouldn't be here today if I didn't persevere.

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Who or what helped you in those moments?

I'm a woman of faith, so my first connection and line to anyone is to God, so on my knees and through prayer. My husband and my mom and dad, my brother and sisters, you know, my best friend, those are like my people that I have reached out to when I've hit those times, those trying times and they've always been there for me and just as I have been there for them during theirs.

How does your family support you and all of you guys, each other?

Hey, we're there for each other. We're a really close-knit family. So we encourage each other, we root each other on, but we also tell each other the truth, in love, and sometimes that truth is hard to hear. Sometimes you need to be shaken a little to get back on the track of what's important, and that's what family does for you. If they see you kind of steering off in one direction, they're like, "Hey, let's course correct and get you back on track."

Like the Smallbones, did you ever feel like you sacrificed something to live out your own dream?

The answer is yes, but in the same way, I don't know that I'd consider some of the things a sacrifice. I laid my career down when I first had kids because it was such a priority for me to be home and raise my children, but I loved my career. So at the time, it kind of felt like a sacrifice in the beginning and yet, I'm like, no, this is exactly where I want to be is a mom raising my family. And then I just look at the heart change that I had within that time. But then to actually come back 10 years later and have a very full and successful career—like a second career, you know, a second coming—[it's] been pretty incredible.

What can you tease about your new Christmas movie at Great American Family Channel?

I really love this story. I'm taking you on a road trip in a red Christmas truck, so it doesn't get more Christmassy than that. But this is a sweet story in that you might want to bring the tissues to this one, too, because my character finds some cassette tapes that her dad who passed away a few years earlier had left her and he asked her to take a little road trip and he wants to teach her some things along the way. So she goes on a journey while listening to her dad on these cassette tapes. It touches your heart a lot.

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The quote at the end [of Unsung Hero] that is attributed to Mother Teresa...Do you feel like those words are more true today than ever before?  

Yeah. "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." It's a brilliant, brilliant quote. And I do believe that. I think it punches everyone right in the gut. And I certainly felt that way when I read it... When I walk away from the movie with, and what I hope that viewers walk away from the movie with, is that they feel changed to go home and love their family and love their friends, their community. That makes a difference in the world.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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