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Marvel star Kathryn Hahn still feels like a ‘normal person’ despite fame
The ‘WandaVision’ star and mother-of-two says her line of work hasn’t changed her.
Kathryn Hahn, Marvel star and mother of two teenagers, doesn’t let fame get in the way of leading a normal life.
Hahn, who, along with ‘WandaVision’, has also starred in films like ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, is mother to 16-year-old Leonard and 13-year-old Mae with her husband, fellow actor Ethan Sandler.
No fame, no problem
The actress told Parade Magazine that she goes out of her way to protect her children from the spotlight, and wants to shield them from fame as much as possible. However, Hahn also revealed that she has never really been affected by the limelight, and has never let it keep her from living a normal life with her family.
“I don’t think of [living a normal life] consciously,” Hahn said, “but I think that it must be because I feel like I’m just still the same person.”
Hahn explained that she wants to retain that feeling of normalcy whatever the project at hand is. She is grateful for whatever opportunity comes her way, and knows she could just as easily have had any other job.
“I always want to feel that same feeling,” the actress continued. “Whenever I’m working on anything, I want to feel that we’re all in it together. I’m excited to be able to just have the opportunity.”
“But then, like anybody, I still feel like I could be a receptionist at a hair salon at any moment. I think everybody feels the same way.”
Hahn and Sandler’s early days
Hahn, who is 49-years-old, met Sandler, who is now 50 years old, as students at Northwestern University, where they both worked at average jobs to get by.
They got married in 2002 and lived in a tiny one-bedroom New York City apartment. Hahn looks back at that time fondly.
“Yeah, he was working at a Starbucks, and I worked as a receptionist at a hair salon right after Northwestern,” the ‘Glass Onion: Knives Out’ actress recalled.
“We lived in a one-room studio where you open up the door and hit the shower. We would get in fights. Basically, I kept being like, ‘When you shave, you have to rinse out the hair before I try to clean the dishes.’ We only had one sink. It was that kind of an apartment.
“I look back on those days, though, so fondly. That was the New York of my dreams.”