Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

Sometimes it's the script or an opportunity to work with an incredible director.

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people I am working with, the character I play.

Many times, what's in the script doesn't make it to the film these days, and when you choose a job, you take it based on genre and whom you're going to work with, if you believe in them.

There's a bunch of stuff I want to act in and also create.

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.

The thing about 'On the Doll,' I was doing 'Nip/Tuck' at the time, and I was doing only 5 or 6 scenes an episode. So I had some free time, and I wanted to do something completely different than what I've ever done before.

I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do my 'Monster,' like Charlize Theron, so I'm buckling up for that.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

I would love to work with Tom Hardy. Maybe do something crazy or dramatic that is different for me.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.