Acting, not money, drives Daniel Radcliffe to do films

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe's 13.6million pounds worth of fortune has helped him top the Forbes Hollywood Young Rich List. The accounts for his company, Gilmore Jacobs Ltd, show that he earned about 750,000 pounds in just five months last year.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton were seen cheering side by side at The Oval recently. The two actors, who are rivals in the wizard films, are said to have enjoyed the game immensely, reports the Sun.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - 'Harry Potter' actor Daniel Radcliffe is reportedly considering a career swap and planning to get behind the camera. The 20-year-old, who has already spent his last 10 years playing the lead role in the hit wizard films, allegedly wants to grab the director seat once the filming of the series comes to an end.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe has achieved superstardom by starring in the popular "Harry Potter" franchise. Now he wants a career as a film director.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is looking forward to the wizard film franchise coming to an end so that he can accept other roles. The 19-year-old has played the boy wizard since he was 11 and has turned down other acting ventures to concentrate on the fantasy films.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Daniel Radcliffe thinks it is "awesome" that some people consider him to be a homosexual. The 'Harry Potter' star said that he was not surprised to learn that his camp personality led many to think that he was not straight.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe won't be following his co-star Emma Watson from the wizard franchise to university as he insists he gets enough education from acting. Watson is making a move to the US this autumn to pursue a degree in liberal arts, but 19-year-old Radcliffe has passed up the chance to attend college for now insisting his acting coaches give him all the education he needs, reports imdb.com.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he has no immediate plans of joining a university for further studies, unlike his Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson. "I want to keep working for as long as possible, just acting ideally," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe denies having a fetish for older women and says it is purely a coincidence that he has only dated women in their 20s. The 19-year-old reportedly refuses to go out with girls his age because he finds them too 'high maintenance', and even his own mother believes he deliberately targets older women but Radcliffe is adamant he has no specific age range in mind when looking for romance, reports contactmusic.com.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - While fans might have enjoyed watching Harry Potter flying on his Quidditch broomstick, for Daniel Radcliffe, the wizarding sport was the worst thing in the movies. "Quidditch is right up there with the least fun things I've done in Harry Potter," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he was bullied at school after the film franchise turned him into a star. The 19-year-old actor revealed that kids at his school teased him because he was so well known following the success of his first Harry Potter - forcing the youngster to toughen up.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Daniel Radcliffe has acknowledged that he will always be known as Harry Potter after starring in the movies inspired by J.K. Rowling's books.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will quit acting for a career in movie direction, says his co-star Jason Isaacs. Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Potter films, says Radcliffe has a long Hollywood career ahead of him but not as an actor, reported dailystar.co.uk "He will potentially be a great director or producer.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe will quit acting for a career behind the camera, according to his Harry Potter co-star Jason Isaacs. Radcliffe was just 11 when he got the lead role in Harry Potter and has grown up in the spotlight.

June 1st, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe says there is nothing sexy about doing intimate scenes in films. The Harry Potter star's on-screen 'first time' was three years ago, aged 16, for the film December Boys, with Teresa Palmer.