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I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

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Daniel Radcliffe
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: July 23
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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
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