Luke Evans likes keeping his private life a mystery

Actor Luke Evans says he likes to keep his private life away from spotlight. The "Beauty and the Beast" star feels it is important to for an actor to stay a mystery, reported Femalefirst.

"I try to keep my personal life and my private life separate. Not for any reason other than there's a clue in the title - it's private. As an actor, you have to keep some sort of enigma and mystery," Evans says.

The actor says by being secretive about his personal life he is trying to protect people close to him.

"There's a dignity to keeping private. I'm trying to keep a bit of dignity to my private life and to protect the people in my life. Like my family. They don't do press. They don't do interviews. I don't get photographed with them. Although everyone knows they're my mum and dad in the Valleys. It's the choice I've made," he adds.