Q：How has it been working on “The Chamber of Secrets?”
A：Absolutely brilliant. In the first film, Harry is reacting to everything he sees around him. He's discovering the world and he's really very reactive. Whereas in the second book, which happens to be my favorite book and I feel very lucky to be doing it, Harry is more pro-active in that he has discovered Hogwarts and his world, and he discovers something is wrong. Bad things are happening to it and he makes it his mission to save it so he is much more pro-active. And it was a lot more of a challenging part to play because Harry's character has evolved so much.
Q:Has your life changed after the first movie?
A:It really hasn't. There's not much difference. When people recognize me on the street I don't mind at all, because whenever they recognize me and want to talk about the film, it's always such positive things that they are saying and it's really great to hear. Some people might think it would become boring but it's really not because I like meeting people and I like hearing what people think about the film.
Q:Are you a "Harry Potter" expert, in the same way as some of the fans who know everything about the books?
A:I love the books but I don't know every last detail about them. There are kids who come on set and if we are doing a certain scene, even if they are not at all involved in the film, they just know what is going to happen in the rest of the scene. I'm not quite like that.
Q:Do you wear glasses in real life?
A:No, I don't. I did wear glasses once but I kept losing them. I don't really know why I had to wear them in the first place (Laughs).
Q:How have your friends reacted to what is happening to you?
A:They have been absolutely fantastic and they don't see me as Harry. They see me as Dan and that's what I feel like. I'm really lucky. Some boys may have become really jealous, I know that, but it hasn't happened and it makes me appreciate that I have some really good friends.
Q:I understand your school work is going very well.
A:Yes, phew! I've passed my common entrance exams into my next school. Thank you very much. But it's the best it's ever been really.
Q:So working on “Harry Potter” has helped you with some of your studies?
A:It has, actually. It really has. And we've had some teachers here on set and it's obviously paid off.
Q:Do you think you will act when you are older?
A:I love it and I might, but it's hard to say because there are so many other options. Chris Columbus has given me a real love of film, so I might want to be a director or a writer. I might want to be in the film industry in some way but I don't know whether I want to be an actor or not.
Q:Do you hope to make as many “Harry Potter” movies as possible?
A:I don't know. It depends. Basically I want to take it one film at a time, depict Harry as best as I can one film at a time.
Q:Did you have to do more stunts in the second movie?
A:I love doing the stunts. It's so cool. I do the majority of the stunts but obviously there are some where it's too complicated or there is too high a risk. But I've certainly had to do a lot more training. I do gym with David Holmes who is my stunt double and is really cool. He is an amazing gymnast and he has been getting me to do gymnastics. David's just turned 19 but he's about my height.
Q:What was the stunt you enjoyed the most?
A:Have you seen the set for “The Chamber of Secrets”? I had to climb up that to the top. That was the most fun thing to do.
Q：In a year of incredibly cool things happening what was the best?
A：The premier of the first movie was amazing. You know how you stock up memories over the year and then you have one of those moments where so much is happening and you delete everything that you remembered from the last year. The premier was one of those moments. I just seemed to forget everything. It was just unbelievable. It was blinding, there were so many lights. We filmed the first one over eight or nine months or something and it was great to see so many people turn out to see what Emma, Rupert, Chris, David and I had been working on for all that time. It made everything feel worth it. It was great to see.
Q:Chris has said that you have improved as an actor. How do you feel?
A:I feel a certain development. I know I've changed as an actor, hopefully not as a person, but that's all thanks to Chris. In the second film Chris can do a lot more complicated shots with us because we all know where our marks are, how to hit our marks. I think we've all learnt a lot; especially Emma, Rupert and I. You've kind of got to develop when you are on set for nine months straight.
Q:Chris was saying that you had some ideas of your own this time. How did that come about?
A:I guess it's one of the ways that I've developed as an actor. I had some ideas of the first film but I've been able to let them come to the screen more on the second one because I've got more of a plan of how to act it out. How do I come up with the ideas? I watch a lot of other films and I notice things that other actors do and once you get to know the character of Harry you kind of get a feeling of how he would react to things. So I basically go with my instinct quite a lot of times. I've developed my own instinct, but then Harry has an instinct too.
Q:If you compare the first and the second movie, how has Harry's character developed?
A:Obviously he is a growing up. In the first he reacts to what is going on around him, discovering this new world that he is in. In the second he is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. I don't think he was tough in the first but in the second Harry is a really tough guy, he is kind of an action hero, which is great. Also, I think Harry changes a lot emotionally in that he has a lot deeper emotional content and I think that comes out more in the second film.
问：拍摄《密室》的感觉如何？
答：绝对棒。在头一部电影里，哈利对他所看到的周围的一切都反映强烈。他在发现一个（新）世界，他确实很好奇。然而，在第二本书里——这一本恰巧是我最喜欢的书，而且我对自己能参与把这本书搬上银幕的拍摄工作感到很幸运——哈利更加积极主动了，因为他发现了霍格华茨魔法学校和他自己的世界，而且他发现了问题。在这里出现了邪恶，他以拯救世界为己任，所以说他更加积极主动。而且现在再来演哈利这个角色也更有挑战性，因为他的性格已经大大地变化了。
问：在拍摄了第一部哈利·波特的电影之后你的生活改变了吗？
答：说真的，没有。我现在的生活跟原来差不多。每当我走在街上被人认出来时，我一点也不介意，因为每次他们认出我，跟我谈论这部电影时，他们说的都是赞美之辞，那听起来感觉真好。有些人可能会认为这会使我感到厌倦，可是其实不然，因为我喜欢接触人，我也乐意听人们谈论这部电影。
问：你是哈利·波特专家吗——就像有些哈利·波特迷一样，对这套书中的细节无所不知？
答：我爱这套书，可是对于其中的细节我还没有到无所不知的地步。有些到拍摄现场来看热闹的小孩，只要我们拍某一场戏，他们就知道后面会发生什么。我不像他们那样熟悉每个情节。
问：现实生活中你戴眼镜吗？
答：不，我不戴。我曾经戴过一段时间，可是我老把眼镜弄丢了。我真不知道最初是为什么戴眼镜的（笑）。
问：对你的奇遇你的朋友们有何反应？
答：他们绝对为我高兴，他们并不把我看成是哈利。在他们的眼里，我还是原来的那个丹尼尔，这也是我的自我感觉。我太幸运了。有些男孩可能真的会嫉妒我，我知道。可是这种情景并未发生，这使我很欣慰，因为我还是有几个哥们的。
问：我听说你在学校的功课目前很好。
答：是的，棒！我已经通过了升学考试，感谢您（问起这个）。这真是我最好的成绩了。
问：这么说，拍“哈利·波特”对你学习某些课程还真有帮助？
答：是的，确实是的。另外，我们还一直在拍摄现场听一些老师补课，这显然使我大大受益。
问：你认为你长大以后会做演员吗？
答：我爱这一行，我也许会做的。不过这很难说，因为我还有许多别的选择。克里斯·哥伦布导演使我真正地爱上了电影，所以我也许想要做个导演或编剧。我也许希望以某种方式进入电影行业，不过我真不知道我是否想做个演员。
问：你希望拍摄尽可能多的“哈利·波特”电影吗？
答：我不知道，这要看情况。基本上我希望一次拍一部电影，以这种方式尽我所能最好地表现哈利。
问：在第二部电影中你需要做更多的特技表演吗？
答：我喜欢做特技表演，感觉酷极了。影片中的绝大多数特技我都是自己做，不过，显然有些地方动作太复杂，危险性也太大。不过，我确实需要做更多的体能训练。我跟我的替身大卫·霍尔姆斯一起做体操训练，酷极了。他是一位了不起的体操健将，他教会了我不少体操动作。大卫刚刚满了十九岁，可是，他的身高跟我差不多。
问：你最欣赏的特技是什么？
答：你看过《密室》的拍摄现场吗？我得爬到那个布景的顶上，那是我最开心的事情了。
问：在过去一年所有的酷事中，哪一件最酷？
答：第一部哈利·波特电影的首映。你把一年的记忆都攒起来，然后你会发现某一刻历历如在眼前，于是你就把过去一年的记忆全部删除了。首映式就是这种时刻。我好像把一切都忘记了。这真是令人难以相信。那一刻有太多的灯光，令我眼花得啥也看不见了。我们拍摄第一部电影花了大约八、九个月的时间，看到有那么多的人来看埃玛、鲁伯特、克里斯、大卫和我花了这么长的时间拍出来的杰作，真是太棒了。这使我感到什么都值了。那个时刻真是太棒了。
问：克里斯说，你作为一名演员有了不少长进。你感觉如何？
答：我感觉到自己有了一定的长进。我知道作为一名演员我有了一些变化——但愿作为一个人我没有什么变化——可是这一切都多亏了导演克里斯。在第二部电影中，他可以让我们做一些更复杂的表演，因为我们都知道我们的长处在哪儿，都知道怎样发挥自己的长处。我想我们大家都学到了不少东西，特别是埃玛、鲁伯特和我。如果你一口气在拍摄现场干九个月的话，不长进也不行啊。
问：克里斯老是说这一回你有了自己的主见，这是怎么回事儿？
答：我猜想这也是我作为一名演员长进的方式之一。我在拍第一部哈利·波特的电影时就有一些主见了，可是我在拍第二部时才得以把它们付诸实践，因为我这一次才能有计划地将我的这些想法演出来。这些想法是怎么来的呢？因为我看许多别的电影，我注意观察借鉴其他演员的演技，而一旦你了解了哈利这个人物的性格，你就知道他对各种事物的反应了。所以在很多时候，我基本上都是凭自己的直觉去表演的。我已经发展了我自己的直觉，可是另一方面，哈利也有一种直觉呢。
问：如果拿哈利波特I和II作比较，哈利的性格有何发展？
答：显然他更成熟了。在“I”中，他对他周围发生的一切做出反应，发现了他所处的这个新世界。而在“II”中，他勇于捍卫他所信仰的东西。如果说在“I”中他还较为懦弱的话，在“II”中他却是一个真正的硬汉，一个动作片中的英雄，这很了不起。另外，我认为哈利在情感上也发生了较大的变化，这表现在他比原来有了更深的感情内涵，我认为这一点在“II”中表现得淋漓尽致。