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Daniel Radcliffe shot to fame at the age of 12 playing Harry Potter in the film adaptations of the books of JK Rowling. He’s since gone on to have a successful career on stage, television and film with a reputation for not taking the easy or obvious options when choosing the roles he plays. Here are the things we learned about Daniel Radcliffe from his Desert Island Discs:

1. Luck plays a great part in an actor’s career

“I have been insanely lucky,” says Daniel, “And I think I probably have a vague sense of guilt about having something so amazing happen so young. I think I'll always have a part of my brain that is going, when I first walk into a rehearsal room… everyone in here just thinks you're here because of Harry Potter. And in large part they are right so you have to make sure you're bringing something else to the table but if that's the thing that makes me work hard then fine… You can be the most hard-working and the most talented and you still need a huge amount of luck.”

2. He still feels affection for Harry Potter and what he means to so many

"It's amazing," says Daniel. "I sound very corny and earnest when I talk about it but it does inspire genuine feelings in me. I have things from when I was a kid that I really cared about and loved, and that still mean a lot to me. If I met those people I'd still be a bit shell-shocked so to think that I occupy that place for other people is genuinely really lovely."

3. He's a huge Morecambe and Wise fan

In describing his first musical choice to accompany him to the desert island, Daniel says: "I think it's one of the most joyous songs ever recorded. I don't think you need to know Morecambe and Wise to appreciate them but if you don't I envy you because you've got a huge treat in store. They were a part of what I loved about comedy. A huge amount of my sense of humour is derived from them. They still make me laugh and Bring Me Sunshine is the most iconic song they sang.”

4. Daniel credits The Simpsons for much of his education

“My mum and dad did take me to a lot of plays and a lot of musicals. The house was full of books but honestly my first relationship with something that really fired my imagination was The Simpsons. The reason I know so many things - like I will often be doing a random quiz and I will know a piece of information and I will instantly be able to trace it back to a Simpsons episode where I learned that.”

5. The best piece of advice he’s had is from his dad

"The thing I always remember my dad saying - I was going to meet the Cabinet Secretary at the studio where we were filming - and I remember being really annoyed with him for trying to give me this advice... but he just said: 'Whenever you meet somebody always get your hand out first to shake their hand.' I know it sounds simple but the thing that I hate is people assume that because you started young and you got famous young that you're going to be a horrible human being. I feel like I have to establish that I'm not perfect but I'm not terrible."

6. School wasn't a particularly happy place

“I wasn't very good at school. I was nice, I wasn't totally disruptive but I was not good academically. Just the act of writing - not thinking of what to write but the act of writing - took me an unbelievably long time so I think that they thought 'Maybe he's a bit thick or something...' and that was communicated to me by one particular person. I think it's made me work really hard to not be stupid. I do think that generally speaking my reaction to hearing something negative is to work very hard against it.”

7. Filming Harry Potter was a great way to learn about acting

“I didn't go to drama school,” says Daniel, “I never trained formally. I've worked with a lot of teachers and coaches since to try and make up for that but essentially my teaching was being on set and being able to look at Gary Oldman and David Thewlis and Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon and Imelda Staunton and go 'OK, which bits of whose process do I think would work for me, and what do I like?’. Gary Oldman was always really helpful and encouraging. I remember having a conversation with him very early on when he was talking about not being scared to use your own stuff. The stuff that's going on with you - because it'll be projected through a character and that is all the audience will see - so don't worry about that. Things that are basic in some ways but as a 14 year-old I needed saying to me.”

8. One of Daniel's favourite parts of his job is doing stunts

“I can trace that back to Davey Holmes who was my stunt double in the first six films. He very sadly had an accident on the seventh film that left him paralysed. He's still one of my best best friends and I adore him but he was basically told on the first film - I learned this recently - they saw me do one vaguely physical thing and the stunt coordinator turned to Davey and said: 'We're going to have to work with him 'cos he cannot do it!' So Davey was put in charge of me and every lunchtime I'd go to the gymnastics bit of the stunt room and flip onto mats, and do all that stuff. You're a kid, you're being told to jump off a trampoline and do a flip and run into a wall. It was just amazing!”

9. Daniel has been teetotal since 2010

Daniel says that he dealt badly with all the scrutiny that came with being part of a hugely successful film franchise. "I didn't really know in terms of behaviour, and behaviour in public, that was one of the first times that I felt being famous brushing up against my life. If I went out and I got drunk I'd suddenly be aware of there being an interest in that because it was not just a drunk guy, it's like 'Harry Potter's getting drunk in the bar' and that carries its own interest for people. Also a slightly mocking interest because it is inherently funny for people. I suppose those were the moments when I first started being 'Oh, that doesn't feel good. I don't like how I'm being looked at in this particular context'. Then the way of dealing with that is to just get more drunk. So I did a lot of that for a few years.”

It’s something Daniel has reflected on. He says: “There are many questions in my life where you can say 'Is this thing, thing X, the way it is because it's in you to be that way or is it because you got famous and were in this slightly crazy situation?' That's not just the sense with my drinking, it's a few things where you go 'I wonder if that's because of Potter or I would have been that way anyway?' I'll never know."

10. Appearing naked wasn’t the most worrying thing about his first major stage role

At the age of 17, Daniel starred in a high-profile London production of Peter Shaffer’s play Equus, which included a long sequence of on-stage nudity. "The nudity aspect was a bit scary but genuinely the more scary thing was just doing a play at the time," says Daniel. "My attitude was 'If you're doing this you might as well get naked'... Very much in at the deep end and I remember there were some headlines 'Crash! What's that? The sound of a career coming to a grinding halt.' I guess some people saw it as a really risky or dangerous thing to do, but it just never seemed that way to me. It was terrifying but it turned out to be one of the best experiences I've ever had. And it's one of the things that's set me up for the rest of my career because I've had several directors tell me that even if they didn't see the show they heard about it, and as a signal of intent that I wanted to do other things and I'm not necessarily going to take the easiest route that I can all the time."

11. Lots of child stars have suffered because of finding fame early but not Daniel

"It's very hard to say and a huge amount of it comes down to my parents and people on Potter who gave me a perspective on my life and helped me at key moments. The main thing is that I loved being on set. A huge problem for people is that they start doing something when they're 10, they are committed for several years, then they stop enjoying it, but by that point they’re the breadwinner for their family so multiple people are reliant on them continuing to do this job and they feel pressured into doing it. Then if they don't enjoy it they go 'Well, I will enjoy all the other things that this life gives me even if I hate the work.' That's why I think you can see people getting into drugs, you can also see people going into drink and drugs because it's fun and they're available, and it seems like a good idea and there's nobody around you talking about the consequences.”

12. He has ambitions in the industry beyond acting

“I want to write and direct. I remember Gary Oldman saying to me as a director you have to make a creative decision every second of the day and I think I would love that."