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" A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that. "
Years
Younger
Think
" As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story. "
Doing
Feel
Story
" For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same. "
Amazing
Experience
Fun
" I am fortunate that I get sent scripts and get to meet people I would never have met had I not done 'Harry Potter.' But I feel I had to come out of that show and prove that I am not a one trick pony and can do other stuff. "
Done
I Am
Meet
" I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed. "
Learning
Film
Experience
" I don't feel hunky at all. "
Feel
" I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy. "
Amazing
Move On
Great
" If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work. "
Go
Work
Just
" I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me. "
Paparazzi
Bread
Milk
" I get too excited about football and rugby. "
Get
Excited
Too
" I live in Leeds, which is about 200 miles north of London, and I get to go and do all the 'Harry Potter' stuff and make great films and be part of this wonderful thing all around the world, and then I get to go home and chill out with my friends in Leeds and go watch the football and go to the pub. "
World
Great
Home
" I mean, I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them. "
Parents
Mean
Own
" I'm not a big fan of people knowing too much about me. "
Knowing
Big
Fan
" I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself. "
Myself
Night
Kind
" I'm very professional. "
Professional
Very
" I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. "
Like
Actor
My Own
" I never went to drama school. "
Drama
Drama School
Never
" I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor. "
See
Science
Real
" I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone. "
Zone
Out
Comfort Zone
" I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero. "
Perfect
Hero
People
" I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things. "
Think
You
Trying
" It's always been my dream to be in a war film. "
Been
War
Always
" I've acted since I was 5 years old, so that's still something I want to do. "
Years
Want
Still
" I've got my life and 'Harry Potter,' where I travel the world, I make films, I meet amazing people, I do press junkets and stuff. And then I go back home to Leeds, where I live, and I've got the same friends from before. "
Live
World
Travel
" I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy. "
Chubby
Shy
Short
" I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.' But I enjoyed it, you know. That's what I got into acting to do - to push myself and see if I can do these things. "
Amazing
You
Thinking
" I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now. "
Growing
Think
Now
" I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class. "
Class
Too Much
Speak
" I was offered 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I turned it down because that celebrity world is not what I'm into. "
World
Celebrity
Because
" Leeds is quite laid-back. "
Leeds
Quite
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