# Strange "hobbies" of well known people. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879 "2008-01-01T12:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/21 "2008-01-02T02:41:59Z")
Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Cage, Seth Green, and Freddie Prinze Jr. are just a few actors who are comic book fanboys and collectors. Jeff Goldblum and Clint Eastwood are jazz pianists who are supposed to be quite good, Peter Weller is a jazz trumpeter, and Anthony Stewart Head is a fantastic singer who released an album full of downtempo, “chill” music – sort of somewhere between new age and electronica. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/22 "2008-01-02T02:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama does watch repair. I don’t know why, but it always struck me as so very odd. He is a fascinating man, altogether, though. [/QUOTE] It’s good to have a trade you can fall back on. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/23 "2008-01-02T03:09:45Z")
Wil Wheaton, Kurt Schilling and Vin Diesel are all…Gamers! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/24 "2008-01-02T03:31:48Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Rod Stewart is a [model railway enthusiast](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2007/10/24/rod-stewart-s-train-set-dream-comes-true-86908-19999645/). [/QUOTE] I’ve heard that Neil Young loves model trains, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/25 "2008-01-02T03:45:30Z")
Julie Andrews keeps the heads of her enemies in glass jars in her bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/26 "2008-01-02T03:48:36Z")
Vin Diesel and the guys from System of a Down play D&D. Haha awesome! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/27 "2008-01-02T04:03:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > > > Music, you say? Did any of it ever get released? > > I believe some of it did, yes. 😉 Imagine that! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/28 "2008-01-02T04:20:43Z")
I might get dinged with a cite request here, but I’ve heard that Henry Kissinger would occassionally unwind at Disneyland . . . by putting on a uniform and selling popcorn. One I can offer a cite for: [he once appeared as a guest weatherman on CBS.](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DF1E39F936A25756C0A967958260) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/29 "2008-01-02T04:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] I might get dinged with a cite request here, but I’ve heard that Henry Kissinger would occassionally unwind at Disneyland . . . by putting on a uniform and selling popcorn. [/QUOTE] OK. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/30 "2008-01-02T04:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] OK. Cite? [/QUOTE] According to [Question 17](http://www.dldhistory.com/misc.asp?Tab=Disneyland&Page=30) - yes. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/31 "2008-01-02T04:57:28Z")
The entire band **X** are **Knitters.** Not like Karen Allen and Julia Roberts, though. They started a second career as a folkie band. Woody Allen plays jazz clarinet in a combo that has a weekly gig in a New York City club. Gary Busey, after playing Buddy Holly in a movie, had a short run with a rock band. Kevin Spacey, after playing Bobby Darin in a movie, recorded some jazz tracks, which may or may not see the light of day. Rod Steiger, after playing a serial killer in _No Way To Treat A Lady,_ took a job as **No I’m Just Kidding About Rod Steiger!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/32 "2008-01-02T05:05:52Z")
Former Steeler Lee Flowers knitted on the plane between NFL cities, as did most of my high school basketball team once we found out about that. Rather fitting for a guy who wore a shirt that said “FLOWERS” every Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/33 "2008-01-02T05:14:56Z")
Alice Cooper collects watches. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/34 "2008-01-02T06:55:50Z")
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II apparently does really killer impressions. It’s said that when her bedroom was broken into by a deranged man a number of years ago, she helped herself recover from the shock by doing impressions of her cockney chamber maid going, “Bloody 'ell, mum, what’s ‘e doin’ in 'ere?” Her grandfather George V’s enthusiasm for stamp collecting is well known. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark does set designs for plays, and is also a textile artist and illustrator. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/35 "2008-01-02T07:46:16Z")
Adam Carolla pees in the sink. Not really a hobby, just a fun fact. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/36 "2008-01-02T07:50:34Z")
“Red Ken” Livingstone, mayor of London, is well known in the U.K. for his lifelong interest in newts. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/37 "2008-01-02T07:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=zoogirl] Alice Cooper collects watches. [/QUOTE] He is also an avid golfer. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/38 "2008-01-02T08:23:58Z")
Johnny Carson was an accomplished drummer. There’s a comic, in the same vein/group as Buddy Hackett who collects _third_ edition books (those being the ones when most of the errors have been purged from the text, apparently). Gallagher is an inventor and apparently makes more money from that, than he ever did from his stand up routines. LBJ liked picking dogs up by the ears. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/39 "2008-01-02T10:15:41Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Julie Andrews keeps the heads of her enemies in glass jars in her bedroom. [/QUOTE] Except one. Chuck Norris still eludes her. David Boreanaz collects and wears really, really wacky socks.Even when he’s wearing nice suits. I count it as a hobby, since he actively seeks these socks out. Here’s [one example](http://www.searchingbones.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/irish-socks.jpg) And [another](http://searchingbones.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/emilydeschanel_foxparty19.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879/40 "2008-01-02T10:25:31Z")
I’ve heard several times that Mel Gibson and Jason Alexander both play Magic the Gathering. No clue about the source, though, and it seems kinda out of character for Mel to invite THE DEVIL’S WORK INTO HIS LIFE like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hobbies-of-well-known-people/431879.md?page=3)