Celebrities With Surprising Artistic Hobbies
Taylor Swift – Making Snow Globes
Taylor Swift has a holiday tradition that’s pure Pinterest energy; she makes her own snow globes. Using mason jars, glitter, and little trinkets, she crafts personalized snow globes that she often gifts to friends at Christmas. Swift has said the process makes her feel like a kid again.
Beyoncé – Beekeeping
Beyoncé may be one of the biggest names in music, but at home she’s also a beekeeper. She revealed that she has two hives with about 80,000 bees, producing hundreds of jars of honey each year. Fans were quick to connect it to her “Beyhive,” but Beyoncé explained the real reason: her daughters, Blue and Rumi, have allergies, and honey’s natural healing properties inspired her to start.
Johnny Depp – Collecting Barbie Dolls
Johnny Depp might be best known for playing eccentric characters, but his real-life hobby is just as surprising: he collects Barbie dolls. His collection includes rare and limited-edition versions, many modeled after celebrities.
Elton John – Collecting Sunglasses
Elton John’s love for sunglasses is a full-blown collection, and over the years, he has acquired around 250,000 pairs. His eyewear has always been part of his stage persona, making him instantly recognisable wherever he goes.
Rod Stewart – Model Railways
Rod Stewart’s passion project is a model railway so detailed it could rival a museum exhibit. His setup stretches an incredible 124 feet and even includes a miniature city modeled after New York’s Grand Central Station. Stewart has worked on it for decades, often during tours, where he once asked for a hotel room just to continue building.
Tom Hanks – Collecting Vintage Typewriters
Tom Hanks has a long-running love affair with typewriters. The actor owns over 250 vintage models and has written about how much joy they bring him. His first typewriter came when he was 19, and since then, he’s been hooked on the click-clack of the keys. Hanks has even said that if he were stranded on a desert island, he’d want a typewriter with him.
Paris Hilton – Frog Hunting and Vintage Radio Restoring
Paris Hilton has two very unexpected hobbies. First, she loves frog hunting at her ranches in California and Nevada. She swears no animals are harmed; she simply catches them, puts them in a bucket, and then lets them go. Paris has always been full of surprises!
Mike Tyson – Pigeon Racing
For Mike Tyson, pigeons have been a lifelong love. Long before he was a boxing champion, he raised and raced them, and the hobby has stayed with him ever since. Tyson even attends pigeon pageants in Canada and is deeply involved in training his birds.
Angelina Jolie – Collecting Daggers
Angelina Jolie has never hidden her edgy side, and her hobby of collecting daggers fits right in. She’s spoken about how her mother first introduced her to the tradition, buying her a dagger as a child. Jolie has continued the practice into adulthood and has even started passing it down to her son, Maddox.
Ryan Gosling – Knitting
Ryan Gosling once learned to knit on the set of Lars and the Real Girl, and he’s kept it up ever since. He’s said that if he had to design his perfect day, it would be one spent knitting. Gosling describes it as relaxing and rewarding, especially since you end up with something tangible at the end, even if it’s an odd-shaped scarf.
Penélope Cruz – Collecting Coat Hangers
Penélope Cruz has a hobby that’s as surprising as it is unusual; she collects coat hangers. She’s admitted to owning more than 500 of them in all shapes and sizes, with one strict rule: no metal hangers allowed. It’s a quirky collection that makes more sense when you think about her vast wardrobe of designer clothes.
Susan Sarandon – Ping Pong
Susan Sarandon has turned it into a business. In 2009, she opened a ping pong bar in New York City called SPiN, which quickly grew into a franchise. The venues host tournaments, leagues, and casual games, and Sarandon herself has been known to grab a paddle and join in.
Vin Diesel – Dungeons & Dragons (D&D)
Vin Diesel’s favorite fantasy isn’t what you’d expect; he’s a longtime Dungeon Master. A devoted Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast, Diesel has played the game for years, even writing the foreword for the 30th-anniversary book Thirty Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons.
Norman Mailer – Thumb Wrestling
Norman Mailer, one of America’s most famous writers, had an unusual claim: he said he invented thumb wrestling. The game, usually played by children in moments of boredom, was, according to him, his idea.
Nicole Kidman – Skydiving
Nicole Kidman’s elegance on screen hides a bold hobby: she’s a licensed skydiver. She has spoken about how the experience makes her feel like she’s flying and how she encourages other women to try it for themselves. Many celebrities prefer low-key hobbies like gardening, yoga, or cooking, but Kidman’s choice reveals her adventurous streak.
Brad Pitt – Pottery
Of all the hobbies Brad Pitt could pick, pottery might be the most unexpected—and the most wholesome. The actor has his own studio and has been known to spend late nights working with clay. Even better, he sometimes does it with Leonardo DiCaprio, which sounds like the coolest (and most artistic) guy’s night ever.
Boris Johnson – Painting Model Buses
Boris Johnson’s hobby is about as unexpected as it gets: he paints miniature buses. Using old wooden wine crates, he carefully transforms them into double-deckers, complete with painted passengers enjoying their ride. Johnson has said the process helps him relax, offering a break from the pressures of politics.
Will Smith – Fencing
Will Smith has a love for fencing, and he doesn’t do it alone, his partners are Tom Cruise and David Beckham. The three friends meet up at Cruise’s home, where he has a special room for training. Smith once explained that fencing became their way of hanging out while still staying active.
Leslie Mann – Unicycling
Most people struggle to ride a bike as kids, but Leslie Mann decided two wheels were too easy. She taught herself how to ride a unicycle at the age of ten and never stopped. Mann has said she can even do tricks like jumping off curbs and riding backwards.
Kendall Jenner – Bird Calling
Kendall Jenner surprised fans when she showed off her talent for bird calling on The Late Late Show with James Corden. With no clear explanation of where or how she picked it up, Kendall delivered surprisingly realistic chirps and tweets.
Kate Middleton – Photography
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has long been known for her grace and poise, but she’s also a talented photographer. She’s taken several highly admired photos of the Royal Family, including an award‑winning cover portrait of Queen Camilla for Country Life magazine.
Jennifer Garner – Playing the Saxophone
Jennifer Garner has a musical side, too; she plays the saxophone. She’s even been known to bring it out for friends, once serenading Reese Witherspoon on her birthday. Garner doesn’t take herself too seriously, which makes the hobby all the more charming.
Craig Melvin – Candle Making
Craig Melvin, the “Today” show co-anchor, has quietly embraced a surprisingly soothing hobby: candle making. After asking his therapist for a creative pastime to decompress, he dove into the craft with the help of books and YouTube tutorials. Now, he churns out dozens of homemade candles each month.
Claudia Schiffer – Collecting Insects
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer has spent decades in fashion, but her real passion at home is collecting insects. The hobby started when she was young, with a special interest in spiders, and grew into a huge personal collection. Today, her home is said to feature hundreds of carefully preserved specimens, along with a library of books about them.
Geena Davis – Archery
Long before her breakthrough in Beetlejuice and Thelma & Louise, Geena Davis discovered a passion for archery. Over the years, she honed her skill so well that she almost made the U.S. archery team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
