Kate Hudson was running point on her career from an early age.

The actress, 46, who is the daughter of actress Goldie Hawn , revealed during a live taping of the “Awards Chatter” podcast while at Newport Beach TV Fest on Thursday why she turned down an acting job at the age of 16.

At the time, Hudson had begun seriously auditioning for roles when her stepdad, Kurt Russell, wanted her to try out for the part of a young girl in his 1996 project “Escape from L.A.” 8

“I went in and auditioned and got that part, and I sort of realized, ‘Oh, this is when you start to make choices that will define your career,'” she recalled. “And, ‘Do I want to be defined by being Kurt’s daughter who got this part? No.'”

“[It doesn’t] matter if I got it because I was good enough,” continued Hudso

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