Gerard Butler plays games with the paparazzi who follow him around Hollywood, because he hates letting them catch him in compromising positions.
The actor has quickly become one of Hollywood's hottest properties, and rumours of a romance with Jennifer Aniston mean he's now a top target for celebrity photographers.
Butler finds the attention tough, particular when paps pop up while he's trying to eat.
He was recently caught dining outside a restaurant by a photographer determined to get a snap of him eating - so he embarked on a cat and mouse game.
Butler explains, "It was almost like holding out a (stick) for a dog. Every time I got my fork, he picked his camera up, so I put it down again and he put his camera down. Then I'd pick it up again.
"The only time I could eat was when a bus went past or a truck. Then literally the truck would stop and I go boom, boom, boom and I'd shovel the food in."
The Hollywood hunk credits his mother with keeping him grounded - because she refuses to treat him like a movie star.
The actor makes regular trips to his parents' home in Glasgow, Scotland, where his mother insists he helps out around the house, and carries out his share of the chores.
Butler reveals, "I go home and they'll cook Christmas dinner, and she's like, ‘C'mon, give a hand, come on, wash the dishes or put the dishes away.'
"And I'm like, ‘Mum, I am a major Hollywood movie star, I can't be doing this. It's embarrassing.'"
But mum always wins: "I end up on my hands and knees, wiping up the floor."
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