Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

Can I be a leading man? I don't believe myself to be; I don't think that I am, but I'm in this place as a performer where I think about how to make things smaller, more subtle.

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it.

Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

Acting is an emotion which has to be felt. Some feel it, some don't!

I believe an actor should be shameless.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

To have an opportunity to get in front of a camera every single day is just priceless because it gets you closer and closer to being less self-consciousness in front of it and really being human and really making choices and standing by them.