Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.

I want to portray myself as myself.

When I'm not wearing makeup, when I'm not in front of the camera, I can be just Hrithik. I can sit with my watchman or with the spot boy and chat with him. I do that. Which is why I am able to differentiate between the person I am and the persona that is projected. It's not the person people are crazy about, it's the persona, it's the magic of the movies and you have to understand that.

It's not what you are in Hollywood - it's what people think you are.

Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!

What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

You have to be honest about who you are.

People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else.

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.