Top 100 Quotes About Daniel Radcliffe
#1. Yeah, I screamed in [Daniel Radcliffe's] face. We were both doing Letterman. I grabbed him by the shoulder. Of course, I'm in 6-inch heels. That makes me 6-foot-4. I'm towering over him, saying, 'I love Harry Potter!' His security people were nodding to each other - should we go?
Jennifer Lawrence
#2. They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home.
Evanna Lynch
#3. There's not many people on the face of the earth that don't know Harry Potter is Daniel Radcliffe. He's had that since he was eleven years old, yet he hasn't changed since the day I met him.
Matthew Lewis
#4. The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.
Matthew Lewis
#5. I did 'Deathly Hallows' so my kids could get on the 'Harry Potter' set. They met Daniel Radcliffe, who was a darling and couldn't have been nicer to them so I'm a hero right now.
Peter Mullan
#6. Daniel Radcliffe is one of the hardest working people I have ever encountered and someone that so loves what he's doing and so eager to learn and is so brilliant at what he does.
Juno Temple
#7. For someone like Daniel [Radcliffe ], it's really fun to go against your image. He's such a goody-two-shoes in Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe
#8. One week I was in school and the next I'm at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledore's office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for such a huge 'Harry Potter' fan.
Evanna Lynch
#9. I just did adore Daniel - Daniel Radcliffe, who I had worked with before "Harry Potter" and spent a long time telling all the producers they had to see him because I thought he was so terrific. And it's been sad thinking about it because of Alan Rickman.
Maggie Smith
#10. I Google myself to see what come up when you Google Daniel Radcliffe because that's always amusing.
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#11. 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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#12. 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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#13. 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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#14. Mostly, I'm drawn to great characters and great worlds that use weird things for their language - whether it's dance, whether it's pop music with Justin Bieber, or whether it's magic.
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#15. There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.
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#16. In terms of drama school, what that will give you that you won't necessarily learn on a film set is the technical ability - ie, projecting your voice and stage craft.
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#17. Some people are asking me questions like this is a more shocking subject, which is so strange.
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#18. Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.
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#19. My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.
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#21. 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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#22. 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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#23. 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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#24. I feel like my evolution has come to a place where now I'm attached to Crazy Rich Asians.
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#25. I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
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#26. My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.
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#27. There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.
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#29. Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.
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#30. The art world can be very intimidating because it's just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it you're never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though there's pressure to.
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#31. 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!
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#32. When actors aren't filming they just go to their dressing rooms and relax.
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#34. 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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#35. How irritating it must be for people, to be bombarded with me!
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#36. I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book.
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#37. 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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#38. And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.
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#39. I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very privileged backgrounds playing working class characters and vice-versa. I don't think your background limits you as to what you can do.
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#40. Because I'm short and slim, I can identify with somebody who's an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it.
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#41. 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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#42. 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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#43. 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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#44. I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot.
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#45. This is only going to add fuel to the fire that I'm gay. I don't really care. I'm so past the point of caring. I really don't. But I looked fantastic in Fleur's outfit!
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#46. I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry and knights, things like that. Those are the stories I loved growing up.
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#47. Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.
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#48. It's interesting for myself, growing up as an Asian-American filmmaker. Coming into the industry, my parents always said, "No one's going to give you the opportunity. You just have to do the work. Be better than everyone else, so they can't deny it."
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#49. I'm also a fan of ridiculously coloured and patterned socks.
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#50. I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.
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#51. 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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#52. 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.
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#53. I think being on a film set for such a long time made me a technical actor without realizing it.
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#54. 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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#55. Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.
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#56. I just want to keep working, really. I just want to keep acting. Playing one part for a very long time builds up in you a desire to play as many different things as you can.
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#57. [I] take inspiration from kids ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.
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#58. I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'
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#59. 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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#61. I would say I was challenging the system quite. But I like to think that if the choices I make are slightly unexpected or challenging to people, then that is good. We are definitely three fairly like-minded people in terms of what we value in scripts and in storytelling.
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#62. As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.
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#63. 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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#65. Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.
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#66. 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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#67. I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.
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#69. 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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#70. 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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#71. 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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#72. My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.
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#74. My parents are left-wing, and I would describe myself as that. But also, you know what? I wouldn't describe myself as that. Because I don't have to. Because I'm not a political party. Most people are a little bit of each, and we change our mind on various issues.
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#75. 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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#76. The Master and Margarita is my favorite. To me it's the greatest exploration of the human imagination.
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#77. I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,
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#78. One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.
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#79. I thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor.
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#80. I think that the process of making a film is an underrated factor in how that film turns out.
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#81. 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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#82. 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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#83. 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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#84. There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.
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#86. Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programmed into different languages. I fixed Robbie's (Coltrane) to speak in Turkish.
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#87. 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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#88. 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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#89. 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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#90. Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.
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#91. Being in Harry Potter is like being in the Mafia. Once you are in, you are never really out.
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#92. 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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#93. 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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#94. I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.
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#95. 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.
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#96. 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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#97. To the children who loved Harry Potter, I want to say your enthusiasm was the real magic. I so enjoyed being on the journey with you. And to the adults who bought the Harry Potter books and devoured them, I just want to say, those books were for children.
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#98. 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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#100. 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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