I just saw Now You See Me 2 (in theaters June 10), and in it you're a rich young tech guru who's a spoiled d--k. I think you do derive extra joy in playing a d--k on screen specifically because you aren’t one.
Daniel Radcliffe: Totally. You're absolutely right. Ricky Gervais talked to me about doing Extras for the first time. I was like, yes, please—finally, a chance to show that I have a ****ing sense of humor about all this. Because you are confronted very regularly with the expectation that A) you're gonna be a d--k, B) you're gonna fail, and C) “Do you really deserve this?”

How's fame been treating you? Has your fame settled down since Potter?
Dan: I think so. It took me a few years to work out my priorities. Now I pick things that I think will make me the most happy, and not try to think, “What's gonna be the most successful thing I can do?” You can be despondent about the fact that you're never gonna be in something that big again, but that's ****ing idiotic. I've been in the most successful thing I ever will be in, and to me it's a huge relief. Because you just go, “Okay, that's literally never gonna happen again.”

They had to do your face and body for Harry Potter action figures and stuff?
Dan: They did our faces for Potter. They did my arm for Potter. They did a couple of full bodies for Potter over the years. They did a lot of teeth as well, because in the early years we were losing teeth constantly, so they did a mold of each in our mouths at the beginning of each film so that they could, in case we lost a tooth, they could suddenly make a new one and have that put in for a take.

Could you see yourself not acting at some point? Taking a permanent break?
Dan: Not really. I don't think I could ever enjoy that if I wasn't in some way going back to contributing to a film in some way.