Top 100 Daniel Radcliffe Quotes
#1. I've worked every day since I was 10. I don't know how to do anything else. There is nothing else I'd rather be doing.
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#2. I know me, and I know that I'm not somebody that particularly merits a lot of screaming and shouting. And there's nothing special about me as opposed to hundreds of thousands of other people everywhere.
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#3. Some people are asking me questions like this is a more shocking subject, which is so strange.
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#4. Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.
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#5. My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.
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#6. I know I'm not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I'd rather be. So, yeah, that's how I'd define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars.
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#7. I've always had, like, from the age of about 11, I've had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I don't think I was ever going to be that person.
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#8. 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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#9. My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.
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#11. Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.
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#12. I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book.
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#13. I think Harry Potter's very important. Every opportunity I will get for the rest of my life, I would not have got if it wasn't for Harry Potter. And it would be height of ingratitude if I was ever anything but proud to be associated with these films.
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#14. Potter for me is something that's been giving me these amazing opportunities to start a career and learn while I'm doing, which is the best way to learn.
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#15. 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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#16. Every situation is different. A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.
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#17. 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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#18. I'll say American for now. I really have no preference, though. Nationality is nothing. It's all about the girl - but she has to be curvy!
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#19. [I] take inspiration from kids ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.
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#20. As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.
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#21. People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.
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#22. I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.
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#24. 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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#25. If I was left to my own devices, you would see about ten T-shirts in rotation with maybe a few nice pairs of jeans - but I also like to look good. I like feeling really well put together, I just don't have the aptitude and the knowledge to do that.
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#26. My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.
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#28. I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,
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#29. It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.
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#30. It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.
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#31. I have quite a rich inner life, and I'm constantly looking for a way to express that. I haven't found it yet in acting. When you're playing a character, you're only going to find outlets for very specific parts of your inner world.
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#32. 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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#33. Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.
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#34. 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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#35. What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
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#36. Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Funny ironing board covers - I hate them.
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#37. 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.'
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#38. I definitely want to go on acting for as long as I can find employment. I'm never happier than when I'm on a film set. I just want to keep working.
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#39. I'm sure when I have a nostalgic, teary moment in 10 years time, I'll try to put the glasses when I was 10 on and cry to myself in front of the mirror
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#40. Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.
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#41. I pretty much left full-time, formal education when I was 11, so that was when I was taken out of the school system ... The longest stretch I would go back for was a term and a half when I was about 14.
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#42. There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It's not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and being proud that you are different.
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#43. Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.
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#44. I'll miss some of the opportunities that playing Harry [Potter] brought me.
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#45. 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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#47. I definitely think the idea of friend zone is just men going, 'This woman won't have sex with me.
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#50. I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.
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#51. All it takes is for me to be seen chatting up a girl for [tabloids] to, you know, make up some crappy headline about me being a sex rat or whatever they call it.
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#52. 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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#53. I love coming home to somebody, I love being in a relationship.
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#54. Part of an actor's job is to find correlations between your own life and the life of the person you are playing.
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#55. 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.
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#56. The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it.
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#57. 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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#58. Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.
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#59. I think pressure is a good thing and it's good to be able to feel it and use it and experience the feeling of it and especially if you can get past it.
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#61. England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
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#62. I like the idea of not having to do stuff for the money, and if I want to, I can pick indie projects for the rest of my life and be quite happy doing that.
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#63. I'm an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.
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#64. I had to smile when stories emerged questioning whether I was gay. Obviously I knew I wasn't but people were curiously desperate to suggest I was ... when you know a gay guy has a crush on you, it's the most flattering thing.
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#65. 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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#66. I'm certainly lucky to have got famous through something that was so well liked, generally speaking.
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#67. I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.
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#70. 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'.
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#71. My idea of relaxation is not lying down by a beach. I have to move around, do stuff. Though I'm a massive quiz show person.
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#72. I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.
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#73. You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.
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#74. 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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#75. 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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#76. I've learnt a lot about certain things but you also learn through your own experience.
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#77. I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.
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#78. I'm not looking for sequels, but when something comes to you, and you're already a fan of that world, you have the desire to do it your way.
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#80. I'm quite confident, but I don't fancy myself. I don't really care about how I look.
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#81. The sixth Harry Potter film - I don't like my performance in that film at all.
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#82. I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.
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#83. Once Now You See Me proved that that tone could work, which I'm sure was a nightmare for them in post - is this too serious? Do we have to say that magic really does exist or not? - I can take that and have fun with the tone that they established.
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#84. 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.
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#85. My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.
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#86. If I die on a film set when I'm 80, I'll be happy with that.
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#87. When you're seventeen to early twenties, that's the time you're trying to work out who you are. If you're trying to make some kind of artistic or creative impact, that's the age when you start to figure out how to do that.
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#88. I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.
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#89. 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.
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#90. 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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#91. 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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#92. I was very sad to leave Harry Potter but equally there will be an element of excitement about the idea that a script might come in and I don't have to go: "I'm sorry, I'm kind of busy for the next four years." The idea of that is quite exciting.
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#93. I think I'm a tiny bit like Harry 'cos I'd like to have an owl. Yeah, that's the tiny bit, actually.
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#94. 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.
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#95. As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.
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#96. I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.
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#97. The stories I'm interested in are challenging ones, and maybe that requires a little bit more of you. I love my job and I want to earn the right to do it every single day.
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#98. 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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#99. I meet hundreds of people, and I'm not going to remember them. But every single one of them will remember their interaction with me.
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#100. My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.
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