Justin Long has sworn off dating another celebrity because he hated having his relationship with ex-girlfriend Drew Barrymore splashed out across the tabloids.

The actor ended his year-long high profile romance with the beauty in July. Gossips have since linked him to another Hollywood starlet, Kirsten Dunst, but Long insists he's not interested in another A-list romance.

He tells People magazine, "It's not something I would ever consider a good thing. I still have a hard time handling that people know about my personal life. When you're with somebody and you make the choice to be with them, you take the good with the bad."

And if he does date another actress, he promises he'll be keeping it secret: "The one thing that I have learned is that I will be very careful about how I conduct my personal life and how publicly I conduct it."

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)