Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Eddie Kaye Thomas
Born in New York, actor Eddie Kaye Thomas has adjusted to living in Los Angeles where he moved to launch his acting career, though he admits it wasn't easy. Thomas, who may always be remembered for his role in the "American Pie" films, is now one of the stars of the CBS drama, "Scorpion." Thomas says he's one of the few people he knows who is not on social media.
"I'm grateful for all of this," says Thomas, 34. "Acting has given me a wonderful life. When I was young we didn't have a lot of money, so we didn't take fancy vacations, but we made little local trips that were so much fun. We used to drive to Philadelphia. I have fond memories of being a little kid who loved revolutionary history and getting to see battlefields and all that stuff. It was a really easy, inexpensive trip for our family and I remember it as being really, really fun!"
Q. What is your favorite vacation destination?
A. Two that come to mind are Martha's Vineyard and County Kerry in Ireland. I just went there for the second time in the past three years. It's very untouched and beautiful. It's the Ireland that you imagine it would be. I spent one night in Dublin, which was great. It was very much of a European city that I enjoyed, but Kerry was one of the more beautiful places on Earth I had been to. I spent a few days in Switzerland a few years ago and really loved it. It looked like a Ricola commercial. And I would love to explore Italy again.
Q. How easily do you fit in when you travel?
A. I'm Eastern European, so I can blend in a lot of different places. But, once I open my mouth, everyone knows I'm American.
Q. Where were you surprised to be recognized?
A. Jason Biggs and I were in Johannesburg and someone ran over to us and said, "Oh my God! You guys are huge in Botswana." It's so flattering and humbling that people around the world watch our movies. It's always very shocking and surprising if and when I get recognized overseas. I'm certainly not a pop star. I don't even feel like they're necessarily fans of mine, but more like fans of the TV shows and movies I've been in. It's a testament to American entertainment that we're still watched around the world. People usually tell me that I look like me. When I say that I am me, they say that I'm not. (Laughs) It happens more overseas. And then I give up defending the fact that I am me. But I've yet to be chased down the street like the Beatles in "A Hard Day's Night."
Q. What is on your travel bucket list?
A. I've been trying to get to Southeast Asia for the past two years. I would love to visit Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. I love traveling to places that aren't really familiar to me. Though I get homesick and I miss America when I'm away, I love the feeling of having no sense of where I am and feeling like I'm on Mars. And again, like when I was in that southwestern part of Ireland, I love finding untouched parts of the earth.
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