It’s a shame that he wasn’t nominated for a Tony as the headliner for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but if anyone has ever taken a snub in stride and with a lot of class, it’s Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe.
Quite a few people were left wondering why, and many just wanted to make sure he wasn’t too hurt by it. In any way, though, he has gotten more feedback from not being nominated than he ever expected. And besides, getting an award is not why he does it anyway:
├óΓé¼┼ôThe thing that shocked me was everybody else├óΓé¼Γäós reaction to me, and how they started treating me ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ because it was like I lost a relative. In my opinion, it was sweet, but over the top. People would ask me, ├óΓé¼╦£Are you OK?├óΓé¼Γäó And I├óΓé¼Γäód go, ├óΓé¼╦£I├óΓé¼Γäóm really OK!’ I think I speak for 99 percent of actors when I say that the reason we do this job, while it├óΓé¼Γäós lovely to get recognized by your peers, it├óΓé¼Γäós not the reason why we do it. The people that do this job for awards and recognition are kind of worshiping at the wrong altar, and I├óΓé¼Γäóm not really quite sure if I want to know those people.├óΓé¼┬¥
We think that’s spot on, for sure. People who are in theater just to win awards are in it for the the wrong reason! It’s all about the love and passion for the show and craft.
Dan, we’re super proud of you for reacting this way. We’ll be honest though, we would never guess you would act any other way but proper!
Maybe next year!
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