--- title: Emma Watson Done Taking Selfies With Fans for This Reason description: Emma Watson revealed she has adopted a set of personal rules for interacting with her fans since the conclusion of the Harry Potter series. canonical: https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T18:08:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:29.936Z og:title: The Real Reason Emma Watson Is Careful About Fan Selfies og:description: "For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not" og:url: https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Beauty And The Beast" - UK Launch Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Real Reason Emma Watson Is Careful About Fan Selfies twitter:description: "For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Real Reason Emma Watson Is Generally Done Taking Selfies With Harry Potter Superfans ## Video: Emma Watson Hides Books Throughout London's Tube [Watch (HLS stream): Emma Watson Hides Books Throughout London's Tube](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Iu7KCn8i.m3u8) (1:13)  _Published 2016-11-03. Travelers of London’s Tube today should keep an extra eye out - Hollywood actress Emma Watson has been cleverly hiding 100 copies of Maya Angelou’s Mom & Me & Mom throughout the pathway’s stations._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 28, 2017 6:08 PM UTC  Emma Watson attends UK launch event for 'Beauty And The Beast' at Spencer House on February 23, 2017 in London, England. Emma Watson attends UK launch event for 'Beauty And The Beast' at Spencer House on February 23, 2017 in London, England.Tim Whitby/Tim Whitby/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 28, 2017 6:08 PM UTC [Emma Watson](http://motto.time.com/4682694/emma-watson-feminism-difficult/) is no stranger to the fact that fame comes with a spotlight. Since making her onscreen debut at the age of 11 playing [Hermione Granger](http://time.com/4397694/noma-dumezweni-emma-watson/) in the [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4607327/harry-potter-inspirational-quotes/)movies, Watson has been beloved by fans all over the world. However, in a recent interview with [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-watson-cover-story), the _Beauty and the Beast_ star revealed she has adopted a set of personal rules for interacting with her supporters since the conclusion of the wizarding world series — specifically noting that she generally says no to selfies. “For me, it’s the difference between being able to have a life and not. If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds they’ve created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters. They can see what I’m wearing and who I’m with. I just can’t give that tracking data,” she said. “I’ll say, ‘I will sit here and answer every single _Harry Potter_ fandom question you have but I just can’t do a picture.’ I have to carefully pick and choose my moment to interact. When am I a celebrity sighting versus when am I going to make someone’s freakin’ week? Children I don’t say no to, for example.” Watson went on to explain that she feels the obsessive nature of the _Harry Potter_ fandom has created unique circumstances for her as a celebrity. “I have met fans who have my face tattooed on their body,” she said. “I’ve met people who used the _Harry Potter_ books to get through cancer. I don’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.” Read more at [VanityFair.com](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-watson-cover-story). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/"},"headline":"The Real Reason Emma Watson Is Generally Done Taking Selfies With Harry Potter Superfans","datePublished":"2017-02-28T18:08:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:29.936Z","description":"\"For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not\"","url":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Pop Culture","Harry Potter","Emma Watson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Beauty And The Beast\" - UK Launch Event","caption":"Emma Watson attends UK launch event for 'Beauty And The Beast' at Spencer House on February 23, 2017 in London, England.","creditText":"Tim Whitby/Tim Whitby/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/","name":"The Real Reason Emma Watson Is Generally Done Taking Selfies With Harry Potter Superfans"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Emma Watson Hides Books Throughout London's Tube","description":"Travelers of London’s Tube today should keep an extra eye out - Hollywood actress Emma Watson has been cleverly hiding 100 copies of Maya Angelou’s Mom & Me & Mom throughout the pathway’s stations.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Iu7KCn8i/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-11-03T17:30:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Iu7KCn8i.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/","duration":"PT1M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4685596/emma-watson-no-selfies-fans/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```