Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

“I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter.”

— Daniel Radcliffe

“There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.”

— Daniel Radcliffe

“I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot.”

— Daniel Radcliffe

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.

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“I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.”

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“And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy.”

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“I'm not much of a cake person.”

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I always saw Michael Gambon wearing madly psychedelic socks, and I always thought that's it is one of the few areas where men can really express colour and have a bit of a dandyish quality to their outfit.

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“I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.”

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I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.

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“For ages, in my lunch hours, I would just go round and choreograph fight scenes. For fun. So now I'm very good at being thrown around. I bounce, in the words of my friends.”

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“I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.”

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“I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.”

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I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

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“I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.”

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“I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.”

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“I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.”

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“The American version of 'The Office' is fantastic.”

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“With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why I'm terrible with down time.”

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I mean I've seen 3D films so far and I think it's a long way to go before they replace actors. It's a funny thing with 3D, I haven't quite got it yet. Yet.

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“I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.”

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“Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.”

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“You have to find out who you are aside from what the media say you are. If you've become reliant on them for kind of a sense of self, then you're really screwed.”

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“Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.”

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I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.

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“I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.”

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“I wasn't the most popular kid in school.”

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“I'm a serial monogamist. I'm not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it's all too complicated.”

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“I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.”

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“I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.”

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Well, I think I'm a feminist, just by the virtue of the fact that I believe in equal rights for everyone.

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“Yes, gay marriage is about symbolically blessing a relationship, but the larger issue is about transmitting a fundamental message about equality. Gay people should have equality in law everywhere.”

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“I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that's possibly why I'm quite camp, and some people think I'm gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome. It's always good to keep them guessing,”

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“To be honest, I would like to have worked with Peter Sellers, because when people talk about classic British actors, you talk about Lawrence Olivier, and Peter Sellers was just in the most amazing films.”

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“I've done seven movies in eight years, and with each movie I feel like I'm learning a lot. I'm still young-ish, so I still feel like I'm in the zone of learning and creating. Those are the perfect places to do that. And in a weird way, you have a lot of freedom.”

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[I] take inspiration from kids ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.

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I have described myself as being 'gently eccentric.'

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“I love just going out and sitting down in the park along with the thousands of other people who apparently have no work to do during the day. People come up to me, but they are generally really nice. New York makes it easier, for me at least. People manage to be enthusiastic and sort of sane at the same time. And that's lovely.”

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Who are the executives, and what are the stories that are being released? Not just in movie theaters but online. When you watch Master of None, you're like, yes, this is real life to me. These are refreshing types of stories.

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I don't think of those things [from farting, to male on male affection, to crossdressing] as being taboo, I suppose, so it didn't strike me as, "Oh, I'm breaking boundaries and stuff ... "

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“As an actor, I think sort of relish the chance to take a leap and sort of put yourself out there. You know, it's, like on any film, you just have to be willing to embarrass yourself, because otherwise you are not going to really reveal anything that you have. So I think it's exciting.”

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“I think it speaks to the fact that other people are as excited about originality as we are. I think the thing that has been wonderfully communicated in the trailers and all the promotion for the movie [Swiss Army Man] is that it isn't like anything else you've ever seen, and we're not just saying that. I think that excites people.”

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I would like to initiate an initiative - the Broadway Annoying Audience Member Relocation Programme.

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“I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes.”

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The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without being recognised, without even being looked at, go out with a 6ft 8in beautiful transsexual. No one gives you a second glance. Especially when you're 5ft 5in.

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I've always had philosophy, which has been really helpful for me, getting into the business. I didn't have any connections. I didn't know anyone. It was just about my work.

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“Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.”

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“I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book.”

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“In my experience of doing physical scenes, half of your energy is spent on trying to get the other actor to enter into it physically with you. Most actors don't want to hurt each other.”

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I want to write and direct, but I don't think if I did it for 100 years I would ever come close to putting something out there that gives a feeling of all-encompassing and joyous.

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