Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

It's funny: By putting up walls, you think you're protecting yourself, but you get to live less. You're depriving yourself of so much if you're trying to be too aware of what you're putting out there. If you feel someone breaking those walls down, let them. Those are the people that you need to find in life, rather than people that you're just comfortable with.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

I think you have to be guarded but not closed off.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.

If a fan approaches me and I feel like they have some kind of agenda, I'm probably gonna get real closed-off and not talk to them. But if I feel a connection with someone, or if I feel a certain trust with somebody, I feel like, 'You know what, I can open up to this person and tell them about an experience.'

Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.

...we both saw something we liked, a willingness to have no walls, or maybe just an unwillingness to keep them standing.

They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls?

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.

It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.

In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over?

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.