Emma Watson has a pretty good reason for not taking photos with fans

Celebrity status comes at a price and Emma Watson knows that only too well.

The former Harry Potter star has revealed that she rarely takes photos with fans, because ā€œfor [her], itā€™s the difference between being able to have a life and not.ā€

Watson explained during a recent interview with Vanity Fair that: ā€œIf someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds theyā€™ve created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 metres. They can see what Iā€™m wearing and who Iā€™m with. I just canā€™t give that tracking data.ā€

She explained that she would rather make conversation with fans. Sheā€™s more than happy to answer any Harry Potter questions fans have or to give out autographs: ā€œIā€™ll say, ā€˜I will sit here and answer every single Harry Potter fandom question you have but I just canā€™t do a picture.'

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ā€œI have met fans that have my face tattooed on their body. Iā€™ve met people who used the Harry Potter books to get through cancer. I donā€™t know how to explain it, but the Harry Potter phenomenon steps into a different zone. It crosses into obsession. A big part of me coming to terms with it was accepting that this is not your average circumstances.ā€

She added that she does still take photos with kid fans ā€“ ā€œChildren I donā€™t say no toā€ ā€“ but that she has ā€œto carefully pick and choose [her] moment to interactā€, stating ā€œWhen am I a celebrity sighting versus when am I going to make someoneā€™s freakinā€™ week?ā€

Via Vanity Fair

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