12 famous people who have zero interest in computers, social media, or the internet
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Christopher Walken
In an interview with Newsweek about his movie, "The Family Fang," the actor said that it's "peaceful" not to use a computer.
"My wife always says to me, because she has a computer — apparently, you can look yourself up," he said. "You can do all sorts of masochistic things. I never have that temptation."
Whenever Walken shoots a movie, the producers reportedly give him a phone just for the shoot. Once filming ends, he gives it back.
Winona Ryder
In a 2010 interview, Ryder said that she never uses the internet. In a separate interview that year, she said that she almost never uses a computer.
"I have my email on my BlackBerry, and that's about it. I've never read a blog, ever," said the actress, who stars in "Stranger Things."
Now that BlackBerry is all but dead, we wonder how she's communicating with people. Christmas lights, maybe?
Angelina Jolie
In 2011, Angelina Jolie told USA Today that she'd been browsing Amazon.com for the first time and felt overwhelmed by all the options.
"My brain is too scattered, and the wires go in different directions," she said. "I'll stick to catalogs."
Only a few years before, she admitted to not knowing how to turn on a computer.
Brad Pitt
Jolie's ex-husband isn't any different.
Aside from not being on Twitter — like pretty much every other person on this list — Pitt has explicitly said that he doesn't know how computers work and doesn't want to participate in what he calls "the publicity machine."
"There's this whole other entity that you get sucked into," he told Newsweek in 2009. "You have to go and sell your wares. It's something I never made my peace with."
Elton John
Nearly a decade ago, Elton John boldly declared that the entire internet should shut down for a period of five years.
The British musician argued at the time that music was suffering immensely from the rise of online sharing and communication.
"Let's get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging," he said in the British tabloid The Sun.
George Clooney
Clooney is a vocal opponent of Facebook and Twitter.
"I'd rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook page, he's said.
And he told Esquire, "I think anyone who is famous is a moron if they're on Twitter."
Rachel McAdams
In 2009, McAdams admitted that she listens to news on the radio, is "really bad at email," and doesn't own a TV — though this was before the rise of streaming services.
Hopefully, she's caught wind of Netflix by now.
Eminem
In 2010, Eminem explained to Spin why he hasn't learned the ins and outs of a computer.
"Here's why I don't know how to work a computer," he said. "If I learn how, I'm going to be on that b---- all day looking at comments about me, and it's going to drive me crazy."
Even though he joined Twitter in 2009, in eight years he's tweeted only 642 times.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Speaking to USA Today in 2014, Gyllenhaal expressed his frustration that people seem to look at their phones more than they engage with those in their immediate surroundings.
"We're looking down. No one is looking up," he said.
As much as his fans may want him to post selfies and Snaps, the actor said he doesn't want to live in the spotlight offscreen.
Jennifer Lawrence
In 2014, Lawrence told BBC Radio 1 that social media and technology baffle her.
"I'm not very good on phones or technology. I cannot really keep up with emails, so the idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me," she said.
The future isn't bright, either. Lawrence says she "will never get Twitter."
Sarah Jessica Parker
Plagued by the fear of too many voicemails, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker told E! News in 2013 that she doesn't own a cell phone at all.
"I don't because I don't like being behind in both phone calls and emails," she said.
Parker has also said she doesn't see the point of constantly snapping photos for social media, even at the illustrious Met Gala.
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