DANIEL RADCLIFFE

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

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.

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'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.'

A lot of modern horror can leave me cold, and I'm not good with blood and gore and all that stuff. It's not fun for me. There's nothing entertaining about watching a film like that.

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.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words.

I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.

I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.

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

It's almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood.

People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing how much money you've got.

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.

I'm not much of a cake person.

When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. And I'd much rather be that person who lets people in.

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.

I meet hundreds of people, and I'm not going to remember them. But every single one of them will remember their interaction with me.

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 had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully.

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

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.

The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life.

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.