How Candace Cameron Bure Balances Fitness, Acting, & More

How Candace Cameron Bure Balances Fitness, Acting, & More
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Actress discusses juggling roles Aurora Teagarden and DJ Tanner from "Fuller House"
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She was like, you need to tuck your hips under and you need to pull your shoulders down like you you pull 'em back, but you need to pull 'em down. And then like elongate your neck like a string.
It's pulling you up. I'm trying to do it as you're telling me. Hey guys, it's Tracy Fair and I'm sitting in the Young Hollywood Studio with one of my favorite people, Candace Cameron Bure. Looking amazing as always.
Thank you.
I have to tell you, I feel like you just don't age. Like at all.
Well, I appreciate that. I mean, you look, I'm trying not to. I mean, aren't we all just trying not to?
But you look amazing and I feel like fitness is like a big thing for you. Like you've even wrote a book about it, like and I saw that you did some cool class of Caribbean dancing the other day.
I did.
I was like, oh my god, Caribbean African dancing. Describe that.
I'm not saying I did it well, but I did it. It was super fun. There's a place here in LA and they do all kinds of different dance fitness classes and so I've taken a hip-hop one, did like Caribbean African, I'm going to try all of 'em. Some are like with drums and But it's like, whatever makes fitness fun. And I love fitness, but then I love dancing, so it's the perfect combo for me.
I mean, a lot of people like want to know how to stay in shape. Like what's kind of your go-to?
Well, it's just getting up and doing it. Like, that's that's the biggest thing is just the motivation of like where can I squeeze in 10 minutes or 30 minutes or if I have a couple hours, I will. The go-to for me, if I have a short amount of time, I'll pull up an online video of my trainer, Kira Stokes. So everyone can follow her workouts and. And it's like, you know, a couple of 5-pound dumbbells and a jump rope and a couple of little bands to use around your ankles or your thighs, like, you can have an amazing workout with minimal equipment.
That's awesome. Or really no equipment at all for that matter. Okay, I'm going to have to do that because I
Push-ups, jump squats, lunges. You're set.
You also posted a picture of you in like these mom jeans, which I saw I thought was hilarious. Like you're DJ
Yeah. Well, they're not calling 'em mom jeans, but they are classic 501 Levi's.
Okay.
Like people. They're back though. 501's aren't mom jeans. They may have looked like mom jeans on me because I'm short waisted and they're a little high-waisted, but I did feel like DJ Tanner back in the 90s when I put them on. But they're totally in style. Even though they've been in style forever because they're Levi's. Hello.
That's true. Levi's never go out of style.
No, never. I didn't get that particular pair that I posted 'cause I felt a little bit too much like DJ Tanner.
Do you have anything in your wardrobe that like you put on you're like, this is just I am DJ again. Like
Well, those kind, I hopefully not. Cuz if I do, I'm cuz they make you put like 90s clothes of the they're back. And I'm not shopping at those stores right now 'cause I have been there and I have done that. That is for all the 18-year-olds or 20-something-year-olds or 14-year-olds, so Natasha can wear that.
Yeah, exactly.
Natasha can wear it, but if it if I start to look like DJ, she was going to say, yes. I'm back in the 90s, then it's a it's out of the closet.
Well, speaking of your everyday life, I mean, you are so busy. I don't know how you do it. And you do have a book also about like how to balance, which I'm going to have to read 'cause I don't understand how you do it. I mean, the Hallmark movies, the Aurora Tea Garden is back. It's your fifth one now?
The for the Aurora Tea Garden movie series, it's the fifth one. Dead over gills. Dead over heels. And they're super fun. They're they're family friendly. They're fun like Nancy Drew uh mystery. So there's nothing super gruesome, but like they're fun to try to figure out who is the killer, who's the murderer. And in this one, there is the sergeant uh he's or Captain Burns. And he's been in all the movies. But in this one, he drops out of an airplane and into my yard dead. This plane is flying awfully low for Candace Cameron Bure. Murder hits home. Someone dropped a body from a plane into your backyard. A new case. We can't go to the police without proof. Becomes a deadly game. I don't like threats. Dastardly how your mind works. Thank you. Not a good day. That's a horrible day. Not a good day for you either. Cuz traumatizing. Someone dropped a dead body in my yard and I have to figure out who did it. I mean,
Grab your Popcorn. You're going to have to just watch this to find out because I want to know who pushed this guy out of Did he jump? Did he fall? Like
No, he was clearly killed before he was pushed out of the plane.
Oh, so he was already
He was murdered. Yeah. Yeah.
And you work with Marily, who works who was on taxi? Yes. And you guys have like a really cute relationship. Is she like cuz she's your mother in the show and like, is she kind of like that in real life with you?
She's like more like one of my best friends. Like Marily and I love each other and I'm proudly like, I'm a little mini Marily. Like, I want to be just like cuz she's awesome. She gives me like tips all the time because she's written like nine or ten books on health and um and eating and wellness. She's a wealth of information. So I soak up everything that I can for her and I've taken away many tips from her and I'm always like, Marily, if you see something that I'm just like needs to be improved, you need to tell me. And she's like more than happy to tell you cuz once she gets asked, she will be like
Wait, so what kind of tips? Give us a little.
Well, like my first one, and I think she just talked about this recently was my posture cuz she's a big like posture person. And so I, yeah, I was like, I don't feel like my posture is very good. And she's like, are you asking me because I'll tell you? Yes, Marily, I'm asking you. She's like, your posture's not good. And here's what you have to do. And she was like, I don't know who told you how to stand. And I said, nobody told me how to stand. So she was like, you need to tuck your hips under and you need to pull your shoulders down like you you pull 'em back, but you need to pull 'em down. And then like elongate your neck like a string.
I'm trying to do it. You're telling me.
But like the tucking of the hips, I have no butt. Oh my gosh, I'm rambling on. But I mean, I have no butt. So I would like stand and kind of like arch my back so it would make me look like I had a little butt, which in turn gave me terrible posture. So she was like, you gotta tuck that under, but then it really does create a very straight line. And it's lovely. I'm glad it's kind of. Um, and then Fuller House. It's coming back for season three, which is crazy.
First of all, I have to say, I grew up on I was one of those kids who literally it was my like daily routine. Come home from school, watch Full House every day. And I was always told that I could have been like the fourth Tanner sister.
You totally could have.
That was my dream in life. Where was I?
We're casting, you didn't show up and like, look what, look what happened. You just you missed out on that little window. But you're doing this, so it's awesome.
That's true. Maybe there'll be like another somehow sequel and I can be like the long lost sister.
You could, you could play Michelle now.
Oh yeah. Sorry guys. I think that's going to happen. You heard it here. Uh, but what's it like just crazy to you to sort of just come back to that and like, cuz like I mean, you guys have stayed in touch and been friends forever, you grew up together.
Exactly. We have been, but the idea of getting to work together again and trying to do this whole crazy show all over and have it be successful was exciting. And we couldn't be more thrilled. And even more thrilled that people are loving it. The the core fan base that grew up with Full House has loved it. All the kids that have discovered Full House now love watching Fuller House. It and they kind of go tandem cuz they're both in syndication and then on Netflix. So like the little kids now are getting obsessed with Full House cuz they want to know the backstory before seeing Fuller House. Exactly. So it's pretty crazy. Like we just recently won the Kid's Choice and the Teen Choice and the People's Choice for favorite comedy. So there you go. You know what? Full House won nothing back in the day, but now all of those fans are retaliating. You've got like triple the fan base now. Voting for us. So old school, we love it. We love that everyone's enjoying it.
And I saw that you did like a little sneak peek of like that you were singing and dancing. Can you give us any hints about?
Nothing more than that. Although Chris Judd was on the set choreographing some uh dance moves for us.
Well, we know you can dance. Pretty pretty a little a little bit. I was like doing the bird.
You guys don't even know what that is and that's so sad cuz you're young Hollywood and I'm old Hollywood.
It's not about age, it's about attitude. So you are always young Hollywood. Yes, okay. My kids would disagree with you. But go ahead.
Well, speaking of. So we do have actually a little surprise for you. I'm going to read this little note for a second. So it might bring back some memories of this specific episode of Full House. Okay. Do you remember me from your family barbecue? I had a really cool mullet hairdo. Love your secret admirer. It was rusty, but a mullet. Yes, it Rusty wrote the letter, but there's somebody else who wants to say hi to you. Ricky! Ricky the paperboy. Oh my gosh. Hi.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Candace Cameron Bure
Interview subject, actress
- Tracy Fair
Interview host
- Kira Stokes
Candace's online fitness trainer
- DJ Tanner
Character played by Candace Cameron Bure
- Natasha
Candace's daughter, mentioned regarding fashion
- Marilyn
Candace's co-star in Aurora Teagarden, health guru
- Chris Judd
Choreographer for Fuller House
- Rusty
Character from Full House, secret admirer
- Ricky
Character from Full House, paperboy
- Michelle
Character from Full House/Fuller House
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