Top 305 Quotes & Sayings by Daniel Radcliffe

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

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

I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!

I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back.

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.

Some people think I am gay, which I think is awesome.

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.

When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck.

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.

I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.

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

I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.

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.

Religion leaves no room for human complexity.

I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.

And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.

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.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood.

People do incredible things for love, particularly for unrequited love.

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

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.

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.

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

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 not clumsy, I'm just accident prone.

The American version of 'The Office' is fantastic.

I love coming home to somebody, I love being in a relationship.

I'm not much of a cake person.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

How irritating it must be for people, to be bombarded with me!

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.

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

And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy.

I don't really care about how I look.

The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people.

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.

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.

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

You have to find out who you are aside from what the media say you are. If you've become reliant on them for kind of a sense of self, then you're really screwed.

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.

Directing is more what I would like to get into eventually. Frankly, I feel like it would be a waste if I didn't because I've spent so much time on film sets, and I know how they work, and I love them, and I love leading them. I would like to do that as a director definitely.

I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.

I suppose whenever you go through periods of transition, or in a way, it's a very definite closing of a certain chapter of your life - I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don't know what's going to happen.

Don't try too hard to be something you're not.

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.

I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.

If I die on a film set when I'm 80, I'll be happy with that.

There's never enough time to do nothing!

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.'

No. I am not a royalist. Not at all. I am definitely a republican in the British sense of the word. I just don't see the use of the monarchy though I'm fierce patriot. I'm proud proud proud of being English, but I think the monarchy symbolizes a lot of what was wrong with the country.

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

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see my friends.

Personally, I prefer the dark side.

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 used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

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.

I'm also a fan of ridiculously coloured and patterned socks.