# Celebrities with the lowest key, most mundane private lives. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337 "2008-12-02T14:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/21 "2008-12-02T18:25:16Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I think Sissy Spacek is another one who purposely stayed away from Hollywood and lives on a farm somewhere in Dogpatch. And she only surfaces for such quality cinematic fare such as _Four Christmases_. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/22 "2008-12-02T18:56:08Z")
Tom Jones the singer has been married to his wife for 51 years although he has had some affairs. He got married at 16. (he’s 68 now) One of the affairs produced a child in 88. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/23 "2008-12-02T19:04:33Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Seems she used to go out with her manager who died of cancer and has now been married to a member of her support act for about a quarter of a century. This husband, however, is one of the [Kipper Kids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipper_Kids) – how mundane can he be? I don’t know if he’s celebrity enough for you, but Aidan Quinn lives not far from me, and I’ve heard several people comment that he just seems like a normal dad who goes to his kids’s soccer games and such. He’s been married for 20 years. There are a lot of celebrities scattered around the area (I’ve seen Steve Buscemi and Willem DaFoe in the supermarket – we specialize in odd little guys, I guess), but they’re usually weekenders. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/24 "2008-12-02T19:10:57Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > And she only surfaces for such quality cinematic fare such as _Four Christmases_. Granted, that is not going to go down as one of her best, but I thought she was excellent in _In The Bedroom_. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/25 "2008-12-02T19:11:53Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > The late **John Candy**. Was in a lot of great comedies but I never heard anything about his personal life. I’m not even sure if he did interviews or appeared on Carson/Letterman/Leno? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him speak outside of acting. > Never knew he was even married or had kids until his death. He was one of the very first guests I ever saw David Letterman interview, back on his original Late Night show on NBC. I don’t think I had ever seen John Candy in a movie at that point and I never saw him on Second City. It must have been 1982. I remember the guest that preceded him that night was Nastassia Kinski. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/26 "2008-12-02T19:20:51Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > You are disqualified though because you are English. I think the epitome of low key is when David Gower broke up with his girlfriend and placed an ad in _The Times_ explaining how upset they were and how they would never talk about the matter to anyone. Now that is cool. I don’t think placing an ad in a newspaper is low key. Low key would be not placing that ad and not talking to people about it. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/27 "2008-12-02T19:22:20Z")
> [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](#): > > He was one of the very first guests I ever saw David Letterman interview, back on his original Late Night show on NBC. I don’t think I had ever seen John Candy in a movie at that point and I never saw him on Second City. It must have been 1982. > > I remember the guest that preceded him that night was Nastassia Kinski. [OT]I remember that particular show. Something had gone wrong with Kinski’s hairstyle so when she came out, she looked like she’d been living in a wind tunnel. And if that wasn’t funny enough, Kinski, despite being teased about her appearance by Letterman, was completely oblivious of how she looked until halfway through the interview when she caught a glimpse of herself in the monitor and freaked out. In the next guest segment, Candy came out with his hair styled identical to Kinski’s.[/OT] ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/28 "2008-12-02T19:26:22Z")
Meryl Streep. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/29 "2008-12-02T19:32:03Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I think Sissy Spacek is another one who purposely stayed away from Hollywood and lives on a farm somewhere in Dogpatch. That’s about right. Last I heard she lives on a farm near Charlottesville VA, about 20 miles from me. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/30 "2008-12-02T19:32:30Z")
Back in the Sixties, Bill Wyman used to keep a log book of how many groupies each of the Rolling Stones had sex with. Apparently, the band was very competitive in that regard. When Wyman published his autobiography, he revealed that Brian Jones was the clear winner, with Wyman second, and the Glimmer Twins (Keith and Mick) roughly tied for third. And Charlie Watts? He had a zero in Wyman’s log book, because he was married and didn’t cheat when he was on the road. I am NOT making Watts out to be a saint. I can’t vouch he NEVER cheated, and can’t vouch that he doesn’t have a host of other sins. But if Wyman is telling the truth, that’s pretty incredible! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/31 "2008-12-02T19:33:17Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Granted, that is not going to go down as one of her best, but I thought she was excellent in _In The Bedroom_. Agreed. All I really meant was that I wish she was in more stuff I’d actually go see, because I think she’s fantastic. Last thing I saw her in was _The Straight Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/32 "2008-12-02T19:51:12Z")
I think that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck do a pretty good job of staying out of the limelight, ever since all the publicity when they first started their relationship. They are expecting their second child any time now and you really haven’t heard that much about them. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/33 "2008-12-02T20:29:27Z")
Some celebs actually get people to tip off the paparazzi because they want publicity. That’s not common but it does happen, probably more often for the people who are just starting their careers. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/34 "2008-12-02T20:56:58Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [OT]I remember that particular show. Something had gone wrong with Kinski’s hairstyle so when she came out, she looked like she’d been living in a wind tunnel. And if that wasn’t funny enough, Kinski, despite being teased about her appearance by Letterman, was completely oblivious of how she looked until halfway through the interview when she caught a glimpse of herself in the monitor and freaked out. > > In the next guest segment, Candy came out with his hair styled identical to Kinski’s.[/OT] Yep, that’s why I remember it so vividly…it was pretty damn funny! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/35 "2008-12-02T21:26:14Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Some celebs actually get people to tip off the paparazzi because they want publicity. That’s not common but it does happen, probably more often for the people who are just starting their careers. It’s _not_ common? In any case, I see it as just at another part of the ‘use the media to your own ends’ spectrum to demanding seven-figure sums from magazines for wedding photo rights. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/36 "2008-12-02T21:44:05Z")
Well in many cases celebs don’t need to tip off the paparazzi because they are already waiting with their cameras at all the big celeb hangouts like nightclubs, bars, eateries, etc. If a minor celeb wants to get pictured at an obscure place then they probably would have to tip them off. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/37 "2008-12-02T23:21:32Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Agreed. All I really meant was that I wish she was in more stuff I’d actually go see, because I think she’s fantastic. Last thing I saw her in was _The Straight Story_. I think that’s the only one I missed. My favorite of all her movies is “Raggedy Man.” Henry and Harry…Henry and Harry…Henry and Harry… ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/38 "2008-12-03T05:14:19Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [OT]I remember that particular show. Something had gone wrong with Kinski’s hairstyle so when she came out, she looked like she’d been living in a wind tunnel. And if that wasn’t funny enough, Kinski, despite being teased about her appearance by Letterman, was completely oblivious of how she looked until halfway through the interview when she caught a glimpse of herself in the monitor and freaked out. > > In the next guest segment, Candy came out with his hair styled identical to Kinski’s.[/OT] I would pay real money to see that. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/39 "2008-12-03T05:50:11Z")
DeForest Kelley led a pretty mundane private life. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337/40 "2008-12-03T06:15:21Z")
Sissy Spacek’s been married to Production Designer/Art Director [Jack Fisk](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0279926/) for 34 years. Some of Fisk’s work (in either capacity) include last year’s There Will Be Blood, The New World, Mullholland Drive, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Heart Beat, Carrie and Badlands, where he first met Sissy. He’s directed two movies, one being… > [@Kalhoun](#): > > I think that’s the only one I missed. My favorite of all her movies is “Raggedy Man.” This one, which I love! I never hear anybody mention it, so thank you. It’s easy to tell that the man behind the camera loves this character and the woman playing her. It gets kinda weird at the end, turns into somewhat of a thriller, but before that, it’s a beautiful love story, of a woman for her sons, of a regretful husband for his former wife, and of two outsiders who find each other. It’s also a wonderful movie for anyone who wants to see (a very very cute) Eric Roberts in a sympathetic role (along with King of the Gypsies). Sissy and Jack have two daughters, Madison Fisk, who’s an actress (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Schuyler Fisk, who’s an actress and an interesting up and coming [singer/songwriter](http://www.myspace.com/schuylerfisk). I adore Sissy, Four Christmases (which stinks) notwithstanding. I’ve loved her ever since I saw her very first movie in the theater, [Prime Cut](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0069121/). (well, she did one before that, but was little more than an extra) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-the-lowest-key-most-mundane-private-lives/475337.md?page=3)