So yesterday I went to see Flight Plan, starring the inestimable Jodie Foster. As happens quite frequently, she far outstripped her material. But what struck me as notable was the fact that Jodie keeps her private life to herself–doesn’t exploit her children for her career–doesn’t make insanely stupid public statements–that she isn’t, you know, crazy.
Likewise Kate Winslet. Smart and attractive and doesn’t buy into Hollywood’s everybody-has-to-be-a-stick-figure mentality.
So what other stars come off (in your opinion, of course) as being, well, not insane.
I think Tom Hanks seems pretty normal. Stable marriage, doesn’t seem too eccentric or dickheadly. He just gets his roles based on merit and fades away nicely between them.
John Goodman grew up one St Louis suburb over from my wife, for whatever that is worth. And he always struck me as very likeable and down to earth, as do most of the folks I meet from South County.
My nomination isn’t a star on the order of the folks previously mentioned, but everything I read from people who have real life encounters with Alton Brown indicates that he is down to earth, friendly, funny and as nice a guy as he seems on his show. But he’s not a nutritional anthropologist.
