He says, "To be honest, I can't handle the paparazzi. They're everywhere. One of them was in a dumpster trying to take my photo the other day. It was crazy!
"Another time, one was hanging off the back of a pick-up truck driving down a road. They think they're being clever, but they're not."
And the pressure could drive the Hairspray star out of Tinseltown – he's planning to go trekking, unnoticed, around the world.
He explains, "I'd love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. I would love to do it really low-key.
"I wouldn't need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore – but I don't know how I'd do it. Maybe I'd shave my head to try and go incognito? Yeah, that's what I'd do."