Tobey Maguire has a new interview in Parade, and he just seems like such a serious, grown up guy. He touches on a lot of issues that parents are familiar with, like balancing home and family life, trying to prioritize your time, and just being present for your children. The part that made me laugh is where he admits that he often gets mistaken for other actors, like Jake Gyllenhaal and Elijah Wood, and that he’ll just say “thank you” and sign the other person’s name. Maguire also mused about the responsibilities that come with fame and the fact that he doesn’t want to be a celebrity. Maybe that’s why he’s often mistaken for other actors – he’s been in some blockbusters but he’s in no way overexposed or even covered much in the celebrity press.

Re-editing his own life.
“It’s just all a time issue. Recently, I’ve been putting my life down on paper, listing what I spend my time doing because I’m trying to edit some things out in order to make more time for the things that are important to me. It’s kind of a process of self-reflection on how I’m living and spending time with my wife and children, which is a number one priority. But, I love my work as well, so that’s very important too.”

Searching for quality time.
“A lot of times I’ll work out of home. But, it can get in the way of being a dad. The kids pop in and I’m in the middle of things so I stop, but I’m not as present as I want to be. Now, I’m thinking I’ve got to put everything away, the computers, phones, BlackBerrys, people bothering you about whatever, and just be like, ‘OK, I’m just a daddy right now. I’m going to eat breakfast with my children, I’m going to play with blocks or toys whatever and just totally be with them.’”

Analyzing his success.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to be a pretty successful person, but I’ve realized that it doesn’t bring fulfillment. Success, of course, has a lot of fun stuff about it, but ultimately, if you’re the kind of person who lives in desire and constantly wants more, you’ll never be satisfied. So I’ve had a certain amount of success and I’m reaching for more and I have ambition, but I go, ‘Wait a second, this doesn’t make me happy, this isn’t really what fulfillment is.’”

Keeping his celebrity in perspective.
“I think I have about the right idea of how cool I am. I’m not trying to be a celebrity. Some people who get famous make bad choices — it depends on what you want out of life and who you want to be as a person. I like feeling good about myself as a human being, so if I make a choice that doesn’t support that, I stop pretty quickly. It’s really self-correcting.”

Getting older, but maybe not wiser.
“I’m always amazed at how, like when I was a kid, I definitely thought I was fairly intelligent about things and then you get a few years out and you look back and I’m always amazed at how little I knew. You go, ‘Wow, I had no clue.’ Now, it’s finally caught up to me, the point where I realize I just don’t know much at all, period.”

He was not in Brokeback Mountain.
“I’ve been mistaken for so many different actors, it’s just wild. I’ve gotten Jake Gyllenhaal a few times like, ‘Loved you in Brokeback Mountain.’ I’ve had that. I can’t remember all of them, but Wes Bentley, tons of times, and Elijah Wood. When people ask me for my autograph and say, ‘Oh, you were so great in such and such,’ which I wasn’t in, then I usually just sign the other actor’s name and say, ‘Thank you very much.’”

[From Parade]

Tobey can be a real sourpuss with fans and with paparazzi, but he seems to have a good head on his shoulders. I did a quick review of our archives on him as I remembered that he had a rough childhood but I couldn’t recall the details. I found this older interview with Parade he did in 2007 in which he talked about the fact that his parents split when he was three and that he was shuffled around to different family members. He said “I realized at a young age that I was responsible for myself… I had plenty of difficult, emotional and scary times as a kid, but I don’t dwell on it.” Tobey went on to explain that his difficult upbring influenced his decision to do well in life “Growing up the way I did, I had a very serious ambition to make some money, to have some security and comfort in my life.”

Tobey is promoting Brothers, out tomorrow in the US and also starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman. There were some stories of minor diva antics on set between Jake and Tobey, particularly the two insisting on having their own personal makeup artists while the studio wanted to save money by having them share. I bet they got along fine.

Spiderman 4 is coming out in 2011, and may have been slightly delayed by Maguire’s insistence on having nights and mornings off to play with his kids. He has daughter Ruby Sweetheart, 3, and son Otis Tobias, 7 months, with wife Jennifer Meyer.

Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer are shown at the Brothers NY premiere on 11/22/09 and out with their kids on 11/8/09. Credit: WENN.com

Actor Tobey Maguire and jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer welcomed their second child on Friday, May 8. Jennifer gave birth to a baby boy, and though their representatives haven’t confirmed it, the rumor is that they’ve named the boy Jacob. Their son joins big sister Ruby Sweetheart, age 2 years old.

Tobey is obviously a big, famous actor, but I only recently put it together that his wife Jennifer is the Jennifer Meyer, famous Hollywood jeweler. Nearly every major film and television actress wears Meyer’s casual pieces, from Julia Roberts to Jennifer Garner. She’s not just some retro studio bride who got her studio-president daddy (Ron Meyer, president of Universal Studios) to marry her off to a movie star – she’s actually got her own career and her own money, which is interesting.

Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, welcomed their second child today, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

“I can confirm the Maguires had a baby boy today and the family is healthy and happy,” the rep adds.

No name was released.

Maguire, 33, and Meyer, a jewelry designer, 32, are also parents to Ruby Sweetheart, 2.

In November, a source told Us the couple was “thrilled” to be expecting a second child. “They can’t wait to expand their family with another little one.”

They met in 2003 while Maguire was shooting the movie Seabiscuit, and wed in Hawaii in September 2007.

“It’s perfect…just perfect!” Meyer told Us of married life.

[From US Weekly]

Jennifer and Tobey live a pretty low-key life, and the only time they really come up in the tabloids or gossip shows is when some paparazzi get in their faces or actually endanger them or other people. Those times, Tobey seems to have one hell of a temper, but who could blame him? In any case, they’ve always seemed genuinely happy to me. I’m sure both are thrilled with their family’s newest addition. Congratulations, Tobey, Jennifer and Ruby Sweetheart!

Tobey, Jennifer and Ruby are shown out on 2/14/09. Credit: WENN.com. The happy couple is also shown at an inaugural ball on 1/20/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

Tobey and Jennifer on 3/4/08, WENN
In Touch has an exclusive story that Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer are expecting their second child. Maguire and Meyer have 17 month-old daughter, Ruby, and they tied the knot in a ceremony in Hawaii in September of last year.

This article isn’t well sourced, but it could be true considering that it’s about Maguire and Meyer and you don’t hear much gossip about those two. When something does pop up it seems more likely to be accurate since it’s not like they’re in the tabloids every week.

In a world exclusive, In Touch can reveal that Tobey Maguire and his wife, Jennifer Meyer, are expecting their second child later this year — and they’re hoping it’s a boy. Jen is approaching her second trimester and she’s due in early October. “Jen and Tobey are over-the-moon happy,” a friend of the couple reveals. “Since they already have a daughter, they would love a little boy, but of course they would be just as thrilled with another daughter.” The insider says that Jen and Tobey always planned to have another child within two years of the birth of their daughter, Ruby, who is 17 months old. “Jen’s doing great,” her friend reveals. “She had an easy pregnancy last time around, so this time it should also be a breeze.” The couple is in the process of building their dream home for their expanding family on a recently purchased lot in Brentwood that cost nearly $10 million!

In photos of Meyer taken at the beginning of this month she hardly looks pregnant, but if she’s only three months along as In Touch states she might not be showing yet. Still, this is In Touch we’re talking about, so they might just have seen a picture where her shirt is billowing out and decided to run with this pregnancy story.

Update: US Weekly is reporting that Meyer isn’t pregnant, according to a source, but it’s not like an official rep denial or anything and has about the same level of legitimacy as the original report.

Photo below is of the maybe-expectant parents at the park on April 1, thanks to Splash News.

Tobey Maguire married his longtime fugalicious fiancee Jennifer Meyer over the weekend. She’s actually not that fug, even though people are always saying that – she’s just “real woman” pretty. Which means not perfect, so points to Tobey for keeping it real. Or whatever. The two have been dating since 2003 and have a nine month old daughter, Ruby. They were married in Hawaii in an intimate ceremony in Kona.

“Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer, who are parents to a 9-month-old daughter, have gotten married in Hawaii, PEOPLE has confirmed. Maguire, 32, and Meyer, 30, exchanged vows Monday in a sunset ceremony in Kona in front of a small group of family and friends, including Leonardo DiCaprio. The couple, who met in early 2003 and welcomed daughter Ruby in November, have kept their longterm romance fairly low profile.

“‘They are similar because they are very guarded around people they don’t know,’ a friend of Meyer, the daughter of Vivendi Universal Entertainment CEO Ron Meyer, told PEOPLE in 2003. Earlier this year, the Spider-Man star told reporters that he ‘loves being a dad.’ And his costar Bryce Dallas Howard praised both Maguire and Meyer for their parenting skills. ‘[Jennifer Meyer] is just an incredibly mindful parent. I mean, they both are,’ said Howard.

“Maguire, who has admitted to having a rocky childhood, has said that settling down and finding stability are important to him. ‘Growing up the way I did, I had a very serious ambition to make some money, to have some security and comfort in my life,’ the star told Parade in April. And becoming a father has led him to think about putting down roots outside of Hollywood, he said. ‘I’m at that stage where I have to start thinking about where I want Ruby to grow up and go to school…Even though L.A. is pretty laid-back, maybe it would be a good idea to try a different, less ambitious kind of atmosphere.’”

[From People]

Tobey’s one of those guys that just seems like he’d be a good dad. I know almost nothing about him, but he just has that look to him – something about the “I’m a good guy” expression. (We won’t count the smacking a camera out of a fan’s hand incident against him – I do it to my fans all the time). Celebitchy reported that Tobey is “notoriously tight-fisted” but that might be a good thing for his kids – perhaps they won’t fall into the traps a lot of celebuspawn find themselves in.

I was intrigued by the comments Tobey has made about his tough childhood, but couldn’t really find many specifics. Here’s a vague outline from Wikipedia.

“Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a construction worker and a cook. His mother, Wendy Brown, is a secretary turned screenwriter and producer. His parents were 18 and 20 years old, and unmarried, at the time of his birth; the two married and subsequently divorced when Maguire was two. Maguire spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, living with each parent and other family members. During his childhood, Maguire entertained the idea of becoming a chef and to that end wanted to enroll in a Home Economics class as a sixth grader. His mother offered him $100 USD to take a drama class instead, and Tobey agreed.

“The nomadic nature of his school-age years began to take a toll on Maguire emotionally, and finally, after yet another relocation to yet another school, Maguire dropped out of his freshman year of high school and never returned, deciding to focus himself on his blossoming acting career. By 2000, Maguire had taken the GED to officially graduate from high school, noting that during his high school days, he’d reached a point where ‘I wasn’t doing school. I was showing up, but…not really giving myself.’

“By the mid 1990s, Maguire was steadily working but becoming caught up in the hard-partying lifestyle of some of his fellow teen actors. In 1995, Maguire requested director Allan Moyle to release him from his part in the movie Empire Records. Moyle agreed, and all of Tobey’s scenes were deleted from the final film. Maguire then sought help for an underaged drinking problem from Alcoholics Anonymous; he has been sober ever since.”

[From Wikipedia]

It sounds like he’s someone who’s worked hard for what he has, and isn’t going to let that slip away from him. There’s definitely been several stories about him being cheap and controlling, but it seems like his history explains that. How many people become famous and then throw all their money away on cars and drugs? It makes sense that security would be important to him, and I’m guessing that getting married was a big part of that. Congrats to the newlyweds, may they have many years of carefully timed babies and meticulously planned budgets in their future.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Tobey and Jennifer are shown at the Spiderman 3 Premiere in NY on 4/30/07. Images thanks to PRPhotos.