I’m not a kid. You don’t get in this business for anonymity. It’s not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I’m kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That’s what I’m more protective of.

Jackman distinguishes between the ordinary visibility that comes with choosing a public profession and the involuntary exposure imposed on one’s family. He rejects the pose of naïveté—fame is part of the bargain in entertainment—yet he frames celebrity as something to be managed rather than craved. The emotional pivot of the quote is protective: he can accept scrutiny of himself, but he draws a boundary around his child and relatives, emphasizing privacy as a moral responsibility rather than a personal preference. The statement also implies an ethics of fame: public interest may be inevitable, but it is not automatically justified when it spills onto people who did not choose the spotlight.