{"id":46021,"date":"2026-08-15T05:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46021"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:47:36","slug":"brady-brunch-star-susan-olsen-reveals-the-moment-she-realized-she-hated-acting-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46021","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Brady Brunch&#8217; Star Susan Olsen Reveals the Moment She Realized She &#8216;Hated Acting&#8217; | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2265463\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/susan-olsen-brady-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Susan Olsen at HGTV Brady event.\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/susan-olsen-brady-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/susan-olsen-brady-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Brady Brunch<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/susan-olsen\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Susan Olsen<\/strong><\/a> is getting honest about the moment she realized acting wasn\u2019t the right career for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Susan<\/strong>, who turned 65 on Friday (August 14), chatted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/article\/43801\/susan-olsen-brady-bunch-interview-hollywood-show-2026-exclusive\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\"><em>ReMIND Magazine<\/em> <\/a>earlier this year for an interview published on her birthday. In it, she revealed that she realized she hated acting shortly after landing her first acting job at the age of 23.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-susan-olsen-said-she-realized-she-hated-acting-at-a-young-age\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Susan Olsen said she realized she hated acting at a young age<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor reasons I can\u2019t even explain, I continue to do acting or to pursue it,\u201d she told the publication. \u201cI think to please my mother, even when I was like 18. I had an opportunity when I was accepted at USC, even though my grades were not quite good enough. I do not know why I didn\u2019t go ahead and join the film school, because I must have known that I had an inkling for that. And now I know that\u2019s really where I belong, and it\u2019s just weird to me that I didn\u2019t know it [then].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was after she successfully got an acting job that she was driving home script in hand and went, \u201cOh my gosh, I hate acting. What am I doing? This is terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Susan<\/strong> continued, \u201cOf course I did the role, but I called my teacher, I called my agent and said, \u2018I can\u2019t do this.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t my medium. And then immediately things started working out well for me as a graphic artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"h-she-dreamed-of-becoming-a-rock-star-if-she-hadn-t-been-an-actor\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">She dreamed of becoming a rock star if she hadn\u2019t been an actor<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI did more dreaming than practicing,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI think in my head I didn\u2019t even consider being a filmmaker because I knew I was going to horrify my mother by becoming a rock star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI started out as a guitar player, but I really found that I was much more suited for bass. And this was before bass became the token female position in the band. And you didn\u2019t see girls playing bass, but it felt so much more natural. The only band I was really in, I was kind of best friends with the drummer so it just all made sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Susan<\/strong> played the youngest member of the Brady family, Cindy Brady, on the series that aired from 1969 to 1974. She later returned for several television spinoffs like <em>The Brady Brunch Hour<\/em>, <em>The Brady Girls Get Married<\/em>, and <em>The Bradys<\/em>, among others. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, she participated in <em>A Very Brady Renovation<\/em> on HGTV and she reunited with several <em>Brady Brunch<\/em> co-stars for the Lifetime Christmas movie <em>Blending Christmas<\/em> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/susan-olsen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Susan Olsen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/the-brady-brunch\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Brady Brunch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty The Brady Brunch star Susan Olsen is getting honest about the moment she realized acting wasn\u2019t the right career for her. Susan, who turned 65 on Friday (August 14), chatted with ReMIND Magazine earlier this year for an interview published on her birthday. 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