Taylor Hill/Getty Images
NEED TO KNOW
Margot Robbie said she had to set "boundaries" about sharing her personal life after being "burnt so many times"
In an interview, she declined to discuss her 1-year-old son because "I'm trying to keep that side of things private and protect him"
The star noted that she used to "speak more freely in interviews" before changing her approach
Margot Robbieis sharing how she keeps her personal life private while living in the spotlight.
TheBarbieactress, 35, recentlytold BritishVogueshe didn't want to speak about her son,whom she welcomedwithhusband Tom Ackerleyin October 2024, in the interview because "I'm trying to keep that side of things private and protect him."
"Earlier in my career, I'd speak more freely in interviews. I've just been burnt so many times, when people have taken what I've said out of context," explained Robbie. "And I read stuff all the time where people put me in quotation marks saying things I've never said."
She continued, "I remember the first time, 10 years ago, seeing that in a newspaper and I could not get my head around it. I was like, 'They just made it up?' There was no way for me to change or control it. I just had to accept that."
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
"When you shift from your 20s to your 30s and beyond, you think, 'I am going to do things differently. Here are my new boundaries,' " added theWuthering Heightsactress.
The Australian actress married producer Ackerley, 35, in December 2016. The duo run the production company, LuckyChap, which they formed in 2014. He toldThe Timesin 2024 thatthey spend "24 hours a day" together, between work and family life.
"It's seamless. We don't have a toggle on, toggle off. It's all become one thing," Ackerley told the outlet at the time.
In August,Robbie offered rare insight into her life as a new mom, tellingEntertainment Tonightthat motherhood is "the best."
"It's funny, you try to explain to someone who has kids, you don't need to because they get it," she said at the time. "And if they don't, it's probably just really boring to hear. It's the best."
Wuthering Heightsis in theaters Feb. 13.
Read the original article onPeople