While this job choice sounds questionable — and may invite criticism — according to a recent interview with Metro , this decision may be the most clear-minded one Barton's ever made. In comparison, she told the publication that she might not have even taken a role on The O.C. had she known how her life would have publicly unfolded afterward. "‘It’s something I came so close to not doing," she said, adding, "People say 'be grateful for what you have,' but it [was] certainly not the kind of thing I was expecting it to be."