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Woody Harrelson on Why He Hasn’t Owned a Cell Phone in Three Years

"I like to be in touch with people, in a way, but I don't like the appendage on my appendage," the actor says.

The Oscar-nominated actor revealed on a recent episode of the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast that he hasn’t regularly carried a cell phone with him in years because he found himself addicted to the device at one point. The True Detective actor explained that he gave up using a cell phone three and a half years ago because he was spending too much time on it. Harrelson said he even caught himself getting distracted by the phone when he was at dinner with someone and there was a “lull in the conversation.” He also noted that he wasn’t typically using apps or taking calls, but rather answering a lot of text messages.

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