'Full House' star ditched Hollywood career to become college teacher: I was never 'going to stay'

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Candace Cameron Bure talks about her 'Full House' cast members being 'literally family' after 35 years of friendship. "Full House" actress Anne Marie McEvoy was never planning to make acting in Hollywood her permanent career. McEvoy, 48, who portrayed "popular girl" Kathy Santoni on the hit sitcom, told her "Full House" co-stars Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber that she was determined to leave Hollywood to go to college.

"As a kid I didn't do it because I wanted to be an actress at all," McEvoy explained on the " How Rude, Tanneritos! " podcast. "It was a job. I'm going to college.

.. money.

.. all that.

" CANDACE CAMERON BURE EXPLAINS 'FULL HOUSE' CAST'S UNBREAKABLE BOND: 'WE'RE FAMILY THROUGH AND THROUGH' From left: Anne Marie McEvoy played Andrea Barber and Candace Cameron Bure's "popular" friend on "Full House." (Getty Images) When asked why she decided to leave Hollywood behind, McEvoy replied, "I was always going to..

. I never had a thought I was going to stay." "Everybody wants to be, like, famous, don’t they?" she continued.

"That’s not what I wanted. I really wanted..

. to be a mom. I wanted to.

.. have a PhD.

I wanted to be a professor." She added that she "fit in" more at college "than in Hollywood." McEvoy played Candace Cameron Bure and Barber’s friend on "Full House.

" The cast described how she was featured in several "heavy episodes." McEvoy acted in the "Spin the Bottle" and "Say No Way" drinking episodes. LIKE WHAT YOU�.