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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.
People do ask me, ‘Why do you choose such weird movies?’ but I don’t think they’re weird, they’re just stories I’m interested in. Isn’t having weird tastes good, though? I think so. I think that’s better than always wanting to play the handsome hero. You think I’m weird? I’ll take that.
“Obviously I’ll never be in anything with the commercial success that Harry Potter has but then again neither will anyone else.“
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.
That’s one of the things I’ve found interesting about Hollywood. The film industry is supposed to be liberated, so left wing, but actually, sexuality is still an area where a lot of actors have as much fear about coming out as some athletes do because of the impact they think it could have on their career. But, no, it’s [my sexuality] not something that I’m intentionally bewildering people with.
"I am one of the few people who do not have to complain about the firsttime".
Interviewer: Do you find that [film and go to school] exhausting? It sounds terrible exhausting to me.
People do ask me, ‘Why do you choose such weird movies?’ but I don’t think they’re weird, they’re just stories I’m interested in. Isn’t having weird tastes good, though? I think so. I think that’s better than always wanting to play the handsome hero. You think I’m weird? I’ll take that.
Daniel Radcliffe & Adam Driver in What If (2014)
I definitely want to have kids. I’ve grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.
Daniel Radcliffe for Vanity Fair Italy
Daniel Radcliffe photographed by Kevin Sinclair, 2014.
Daniel Radcliffe by Cass Bird
Daniel Radcliffe by Dennis Golonka for Un-Titled Project Magazine (2016)
