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. Daniel Radcliffe More Quotes by Daniel Radcliffe More Quotes From Daniel Radcliffe 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. Daniel Radcliffe bass get-better years I have no idea how much money I've got. Daniel Radcliffe no-idea ideas My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car. Daniel Radcliffe car musical parent You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff. Daniel Radcliffe different want interesting I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle. Daniel Radcliffe teenage normal circles I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. Daniel Radcliffe despite facts thinking I have a very busy personality. Daniel Radcliffe personality busy And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy. Daniel Radcliffe stunning sexy I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone. Daniel Radcliffe accidents clumsy I had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully. Daniel Radcliffe passed-away relative 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. Daniel Radcliffe jeans nice feelings 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! Daniel Radcliffe challenges writing long 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. Daniel Radcliffe interest people school 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. Daniel Radcliffe london dad cities 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. Daniel Radcliffe long directors people 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. Daniel Radcliffe careers taken directors Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness. Daniel Radcliffe shyness display thinking My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall. Daniel Radcliffe wall taken challenges 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. Daniel Radcliffe behaviour age thinking I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car. Daniel Radcliffe car tunes listening
