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I Think Any Man Who Says He Has Never Had An Awkward Moment With A Girl, Is A Liar Or He's Delusional Because He's Sitting There Thinking He Is Doing Really Well And The Girl Is Thinking "who Is This Man And Why Is He Talking To Me?"

-Daniel Radcliffe

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I Think Any Man

Daniel Radcliffe

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I Think Any Man Who Says He Has Never Had An Awkward Moment With A Girl, Is A Liar Or He's Delusional Because He's Sitting There Thinking He Is Doing Really Well And The Girl Is Thinking "who Is This Man And Why Is He Talking To Me?"

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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!

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.

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.

Realizing That Other People Have A Problem With [homosexuality] Was The Weirdest Thing For Me. As A Kid It Wasn't Even Something That Was Mentioned. It Was Never Something That Was Even Explained To Me. It Was Just, "that's Mark And He's Gay." Mark Was Just Another Friend Of My Dad's Who Would Talk About His Boyfriend Instead Of His Girlfriend. I Was 5. I Didn't Care. It Seemed Perfectly Normal, And Still Does.

I Wasn't The Most Popular Kid In School.

Religion Leaves No Room For Human Complexity.

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.'

Not Good Enough

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.

I Always Feel That If You Put Me In A Room With A Director And A Writer And Let Me Talk About The Script, I Can Give A Good Account Of Myself.

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 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..."

I'm Not A Religious Person. My Mom Was Of Jewish Blood And My Dad Was Protestant.

To Be Fair, It's Not Even The First Time I've Seen A Dead Version Of Myself. There Was One On Harry Potter, On The Last Movie, That They Actually Used To Bring To Set In A Body Bag.

I Didn't Have That Normal Teenage Period When You Build Up Your Friends In Your Area And You Have A Social Circle.

When You're In The Position I'm In, You Have Two Options: You Can Either Shut Yourself Off From Everybody, From The World, And Not Live A Full Life. Or You Welcome Everybody Into Your Life And Occasionally Somebody Will Try To Take Advantage.

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I Have Described Myself As Being 'gently Eccentric.'

When Actors Aren't Filming They Just Go To Their Dressing Rooms And Relax.

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Sometimes You Can't Help But Pay Attention To What Is Written About You. You Are Trying Not To Because It's Generally Not Constructive, It Can Be Very Funny, In Which Case It's Fine To Pay Attention To It If You're Going To Laugh About It. But If It's Going To Get You Angry Then It's A Pretty Pointless Waste Of Energy, So I Try And Be Selective About What I Take An Interest In About Myself.

Don't Try Too Hard To Be Something You're Not.

I Am Very Critical! I Hate Watching Myself But I Know I Have To Because I'm Going To Be Asked So I Need To Have Some Sort Of Semblance Of What The Films With Me Are Like. But It's Not An Enjoyable Experience Watching Yourself. I Hate It Less Than I Used To But I Still Don't Enjoy It.

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.

I Don't Think There's Anything That I Would Really Baulk At Doing On-screen. I Don't Think So. I've Got Certain Pet Peeves About Writing... My Pet Peeve About Reading Scripts Is When They Give You A Line Reading And There'll Be A Line But Next To Your Character's Name It'll Say 'very Angry'. But I'm Like: "well, I'll Decide That Actually!" So, There's Little Things Like That. That's A Slight Pet Peeve.

Every Job I Do, I Like To Think It Makes Me Better Or I Learn Things. It's All About How Much Something's Going To Stretch Me Or Test Me.

I Definitely Think That Theatre Is Something I'll Keep Coming Back To In My Career For As Long As I Can. I Also Think Theatre's Something You Have To Be Very Fit To Do. I Am Fairly Fit, But I Don't Think I Could Do It All The Time.

If I Die On A Film Set When I'm 80, I'll Be Happy With That.

I'm Very Comfortable Discussing My Personal Life, Because It's So Boring.

I Don't Want Anyone To Ever Say That I Don't Belong Where I Am.

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.

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.

There's No Blueprint For Where I Should Be. I See Myself As A Young, Good Actor Who Still Has A Lot To Learn. There's Nobody At Any Point In Their Career Who Is The Finished Article.

I'm Very Interested In Religion As Something To Study, But I'm Not A Religious Person In The Slightest.

What First Attracted Me To Doing Swiss Army Man Was Just How Mental It Was - How Insane And Wonderful And Original The Script Was.

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.

I Would Love To Work In America. I Wouldn't Love To Live There, But I'd Love To Experience Working There.

Poetry Is Something I Love To Do. Good Poetry Has An Amazing Ability To Be Communicative Before It's Even Understood. I Get Emotional Just From The Beauty Of Words.

I'm Not An Easy Person To Love. There Are Lots Of Times When I'm A Very Good Boyfriend, But There Are Times When I'm Useless. I Mean, I'm A Mess Around The House. I Talk Nonstop. I Become Obsessed With Things.

I'd Love To Play Puck In 'a Midsummer Night's Dream.'

How Irritating It Must Be For People, To Be Bombarded With Me!

Personally, I Prefer The Dark Side.

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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