Daniel Radcliffe Quotes (43 Quotes)


    I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.

    I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', there were bits in there where I was going, 'God, I would love to do that because it's so good'.

    The whole series is about the loss of innocence, ... In the first one 'The Sorcerer's Stone', everyone's very wide-eyed, almost nave. Harry's thinking that because he's entering a magical world, it's got to be better than the world he's come from. But it's not it's just got further extremes. It can have extreme joy, but there are also the depths that man can sink to.

    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.

    I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.


    I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.

    There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.


    I love it. Until recently, I'd seen a peek of it in the catalogue but not actually seen the real thing. It was strange seeing myself as I was two years ago, not as I am now. If you look at each individual part of my face they look exactly like part of my face. Together it's surreal.

    The fourth one was incredibly, much more so, much more physical than the first ones. It's I think simply the nature of the book that its got those 3 massive tasks in it.

    We are older now, ... so it is good for us to feel like we're not just child actors any more. We've grown up and are now able to make our own acting decisions.

    Thing is, it's very easy to be righteous from a distance. It's his life. It's not my business to say what is wrong or right.

    My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.

    I just moved into the world of Xbox Live. And I've discovered that everyone on the Internet is a lot better than me. I spent half an hour the other day designing a boxer, and I got knocked out twice in the first round.

    I thought it was really weird seeing my face up on the screen.

    I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hookers.

    I've not got a girlfriend at the moment. Somebody said, 'Do you worry girls are just giving you attention because of who you are?' I was like, 'I'm 17, it's wonderful.'

    I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line.

    As you grow up, you realize from the age of 14 or so, you grow extra emotions somehow, and I think Harry is at the point where he's at the mercy of all these emotions,

    We don't kill them off, though. That's an important thing to realize.

    As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

    The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it.


    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.

    If you are going to do justice to the book, it has to be dark,

    He suffers from the same frailties and hormonal-related problems as all sorts of people his age, but he's also going through this massive thing of almost paranoia, where someone's trying to get at him, trying to destroy his life, but he doesn't know who. Some invisible force is trying to tamper with his life in some way.


    When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

    If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'.



    To be honest, I don't actually know how much at this point, ... I don't, really. In a way, I think that's right. It's not something that affects the way I think about things.

    In England, there's so much history that you feel a part of history even when you're really not,

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

    There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

    I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

    This has given me a feeling of confidence, ... which I might not have had otherwise.

    Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself.


    One of the things that has been amazing has been my parents, who have kept me completely grounded the whole time and I've never got big-headed or anything.


    I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge me as an actor. I want to be an actor - it's my aspiration - so I want to do other films. I want to write something and I want to direct something!

    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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