Daniel Radcliffe- Privacy Shouldn't Be Expected If Celebs Use Social Media
Daniel Radcliffe may have been in the spotlight since he was a young man, but the star fiercely protected his privacy. In a new interview, he offered advice to celebrities who want to keep their own privacy and explained how he managed to do so in his own life.
"There's certain things you can do to make it a lot easier on yourself," Radcliffe told Sky News. "If you don't, for instance, go to premieres that aren't for a film you're in, or don't just turn up at other events and stuff like that, then that's going to help to not fuel the interest."
While many celebrities and politicians are on social media, Radcliffe avoids it at all cost.
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"I don't have Twitter and I don't have Facebook, and I think that makes things a lot easier because if you go on Twitter and tell everybody what you're doing moment to moment and then claim you want a private life, then no one is going to take that request seriously," he cautioned.
Radcliffe has had a very successful career post-"Harry Potter" but has also kept to himself and his nose to the grindstone. He has done projects on Broadway, other films, and currently stars on the Ovation Network's "A Young Doctor's Notebook" with Jon Hamm. The series features Hamm and his younger self, played by Radcliffe, and is based on a book by the same title.
He gave a rather revealing and quite rare interview to the New York Times magazine and revealed his struggle with alcohol and how he managed to stop drinking. His biggest vice now, besides smoking, is buying books.
"The only time I will spend a wad of cash in one go – and this is going to sound so nerdy – is in bookshops. I've gone out of bookshops with a pile of 15 to 20 books before," Radcliffe said. "It's excessive. I have this thing in bookshops where if I see this thing that there's a good chance I may never ever see again or sounds interesting then I have to get it."
