Celebrities Who Live Far Away From the Paparazzi

Not every celebrity wants to live in the middle of Hollywood.

Some stars love red carpets, premieres, and big-city energy. Others prefer quiet towns, ranches, farms, forests, beaches, and places where their children can grow up with more privacy. For them, living far from paparazzi is not about disappearing completely. It is about creating a normal life between jobs.

Here are celebrities who live far away from the paparazzi.

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts has been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars for decades, but she has never seemed eager to live like a full-time celebrity. The Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich actress has long been associated with a quieter life outside Los Angeles. Roberts moved to a ranch in Taos, New Mexico, in 1995 and once told Oprah that Los Angeles felt like “the beast that must be fed.”

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried has been very open about choosing farm life over Hollywood chaos. The Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!, and The Dropout actress spends much of her time on a farm in upstate New York. Fox News reported that Seyfried bought the farm in 2014 and later said the move gave her “privacy, peace and nature,” adding that it offered a more balanced life than the city.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are major stars, but they have long avoided the full-time Los Angeles lifestyle. Business Insider reported that the couple left Hollywood early in their relationship and settled in the suburbs of New York. Reynolds once said, “We don’t live in LA. We live on a farm in New York,” while explaining that their life was not “wild and crazy.”

Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel did not just move away from Hollywood. He built the kind of retreat many people only dream about. People reported that Duhamel lives in Minnesota with his family and built a cabin there over many years because he wanted to reconnect with the wide-open spaces he grew up around in North Dakota. He told Parade that his place in the woods is “removed from everything,” with the closest store about 40 miles away.

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey moved back to Texas before the later phase of his career brought him an Oscar and renewed critical respect. McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, left Hollywood for Texas years before his Best Actor win. The move was tied to family, roots, and a different rhythm of life.

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth became one of the most recognizable actors in the world through Marvel, but he chose a home base far from Los Angeles. The Thor star has long been associated with Byron Bay, Australia, where he and his family live a more beach-focused life away from Hollywood’s center. Business Insider included Hemsworth among celebrities who left Los Angeles for places that offer more privacy.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have lived much of their family life away from Hollywood’s loudest corners. The couple has been associated with country-style living near Nashville, where Urban’s music career and their family life connect naturally.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are longtime actors who have embraced life away from the standard Hollywood routine. Architectural Digest included them among celebrities who have embraced farm life, noting that many public-facing stars are drawn to farms because they offer a private retreat from paparazzi and city pressure.

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo has often been associated with life outside the Hollywood spotlight. The Avengers and Spotlight actor has lived in quieter areas away from Los Angeles, and roundups often include him among stars who moved out of Hollywood for a more grounded life.

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock has never seemed like someone who wants constant public attention. She has been included in coverage of stars who moved away from Hollywood, alongside other major names who chose privacy outside Los Angeles.

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill is another celebrity who has stepped away from the most intense parts of big-city fame. Some celebrities, including Hill, chose smaller towns or quieter suburbs rather than staying in the middle of Los Angeles or New York City.

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria has built a life that stretches far beyond Hollywood. Longoria and her family split time between Mexico and Spain, placing her far outside the usual Los Angeles celebrity loop. That international lifestyle fits the actor, producer, director, and businesswoman she has become. Longoria still works across entertainment and advocacy, but she does not need Hollywood as her daily home base.

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone spent decades in California, but he eventually chose a new chapter elsewhere. Stallone and his wife, Jennifer Flavin, decided to leave California permanently for Florida, with the move discussed on The Family Stallone. Stallone described it as time to move on after long consideration.

Chrissy Metz

Chrissy Metz left Los Angeles after years of trying to build her career there. Business Insider reported that the This Is Us star moved to Nashville after 21 years in Los Angeles, praising the city’s music, food, Southern hospitality, and more communal feeling compared with L.A.’s competitive energy.

Glen Powell

Glen Powell became a much bigger star after Top Gun: Maverick, but instead of leaning harder into Los Angeles life, he returned to Texas. Powell left Los Angeles and moved back to his home state in 2024, saying he felt he had earned the ability to go back to his family and that the move would be good for his “head, heart, and soul.”

Joe Manganiello

Joe Manganiello also chose to leave Los Angeles for a more familiar place. Business Insider reported that Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor moved back to Pittsburgh, with O’Connor saying they had been thinking about leaving California for a while and valued the community feeling of a smaller town.

Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul made a bigger jump than many celebrities who leave Los Angeles. Business Insider reported that the Breaking Bad star left California and moved to Paris after the Los Angeles fires, saying he and his family knew they were done with L.A. and sold their house.

Richard Gere

Richard Gere has long been associated with a quieter life outside the Hollywood center.Entertainment roundups about celebrities who moved away from Hollywood often include Gere among stars who chose a calmer life outside the Los Angeles system.

Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik became famous inside one of the biggest pop groups of the 2010s, but his adult life has often been much quieter than fans might expect. Malik has often seemed uncomfortable with the most aggressive parts of fame, interviews, touring pressure, and public scrutiny. A quieter base gives him room to make music without living inside the noise all the time.

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