Inside Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn’s ‘Love’ for Real Estate as ‘The Madison’ Actor Reveals His Interest in Real Estate
Hollywood A-lister Kurt Russell opened up about her longtime partner’s roots Goldie Hawna shared “love” of real estate—revealing how a childhood spent in a rustic log cabin sparked a lasting appreciation for unique living spaces.
The 75-year-old actor revealed his upbringing, his career on the ground, and his decades-long relationship with Hawn, 80, in a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Speaking to the agency, Russell revealed that his connection to log cabins began as a child, when he lived in Rangeley, ME, which was hand-built by his grandfather in 1939.
After his father’s baseball career was cut short due to injury, Russell and his family moved to Florida before eventually settling in California, where his father pursued a career in acting.
“For two years, we lived in the attic of a family friend’s house in East Los Angeles. When my father saved enough to buy a home, we moved to Pacoima, in the San Fernando Valley,” Russell told the Journal.
At the age of 9, Russell followed in his father’s footsteps and picked up a baseball bat. A year later, the family moved home again.
“The next year, in 1961, we moved into a four-bedroom, white clapboard house with green paint in Thousand Oaks,” Russell said.
The actor mentioned that seeing his father working hard encouraged him to start acting, appearing in front of the camera at the age of 10.
“By then, my dad was taking every acting job he could get, appearing on two different shows a week,” Russell said. “I started acting at the age of 10, when my father wanted to act in ‘Safe at Home! The Yankees‘ Roger Maris again Mickey Mantle. As he read his lines, he said, ‘You know, the star of this movie is a 10-year-old kid.’ That caught me.”
The actor added, “I auditioned but didn’t get the part. My father’s agent sent me to the TV sitcom ‘Our Man Higgins.’ It was a one-day job with one line, so I got my Screen Actors Guild card. The fee was $110. I took my sister, Jillwe went down to a local bike shop and he bought us two new Schwinn bikes. I called my dad’s agent and said, ‘Count me in, I love this.’
After graduating from high school, Russell was injured and decided to put down his baseball bat and pursue acting.
His work quickly flourished, and soon after, he was introduced to Hawn.
“I first saw Goldie Hawn in 1967, on the set of ‘The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band.’ I was 15 years old. It was his first movie. She was a 21-year-old dancer. My first career change point was to play Elvis in the 1979 TV movie ‘Elvis.’ I went from kicking him to being him,” he said.
Russell and Hawn reconnect while working on “Swing Shift” and decide to give it a shot.
“Goldie and I met again in 1983, while we were working on the movie ‘Swing Shift,'” he said. “By then we were both divorced and she had two young children—Oliver again Kate-and I had, Boston. We hit it off and agreed, ‘We’re not happy until we’re not.’
Now, 43 years later, Russell and Hawn are one of Hollywood’s most beloved duos and have majored in real estate.
“Today, Goldie and I split our time between homes in LA, Palm Desert, CA, Old Snowmass, CO, and New York. We love real estate,” Russell revealed.
Despite having homes all over the country, the actor admitted that log cabins still have a special place in his heart.
“Our Old Snowmass home is my favorite. It’s a big, beautiful log-cabin lodge on a farm that we moved into a little over 40 years ago. Goldie and I have a love for log cabins. I’ve never gotten that out of my schedule, starting with Maine,” he revealed.
The actor revealed that lying in bed and staring at the mountains in his home in Colorado is his favorite thing.
“I like to get out of bed every morning and look at the mountains in the background. I like to go down to the barn, get on a horse and ride. I also like to separate the area in front of the fireplace in the living room,” he said.
