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Home Alone's Daniel Stern Says 'Stepping Away' from Hollywood Led to 'Living My Real Life' Creating Art on His Ranch

Daniel Stern tells PEOPLE that his life today is informed by the pursuits of creative outlets such as sculpting, writing and tending to his ranch.

The actor-turned-writer, sculptor, farmer and philanthropist tells PEOPLE that it's "overwhelming" how much support he has seen on both TikTok and Instagram as of late as fans have discovered that he now lives a peaceful existence on his California ranch — purchased with the money he saved from his time in Hollywood — growing tangerines and creating passion project art that he describes as an "extension of the human condition." Indeed, Stern has been living his "real life," as he says, hiking, raising cattle, growing produce and creating sculptures out of bronze, a far departure from rubbing elbows with Joe Pesci in Home Alone, narrating The Wonder Years and popping up in more recent series including Shrill. Despite the distance, both literally and figuratively, from the backlots of Hollywood, Stern's ranch and pottery studio make him feel like he's working "on a movie crew," he says.

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