Daniel Radcliffe on speculation about his sexuality: “Some people think I’m gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome”

I’m crazy about the Harry Potter movies and look forward to seeing the latest installment which opened with midnight showings earlier today. Daniel Radcliff has literally grown before our eyes and, it seems, is a very well-adjusted young man.

He did an interview with Moviefone and there were some points of gay interest that I had to share with you:

How do you feel about Dumbledore becoming somewhat of an icon for the gay rights movement?
It’s wonderful. I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that’s possibly why I’m quite camp, and some people think I’m gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome. It’s always good to keep them guessing [laughs]. I don’t go on any blogs or chats or anything, but my friends are demons for them, and apparently someone said “Daniel Radcliffe is gay. He’s got a gay face!” [Laughs] I really don’t know what a gay face is. But I think it’s wonderful that Dumbledore was outed as gay … Half of me thinks Jo Rowling just did that to see if she could piss off the right wing, but I’m not sure how true that is. I think she had it planned, I think she always knew he was gay.

Now that ‘Equus’ is over and done with, are you glad you did it?
Oh, so glad. It was the best thing. Particularly, I’m glad I came over [to New York] and did it, because that was like the change in my acting. Having done that is huge, I certainly think it is, I hope it is. So I’m thrilled to have done it, I’m thrilled to have been given the opportunity by other people who I worked with to do it.

You were never worried about your junk being all over the Internet?
It was just going to happen, wasn’t it? Somebody was going to get a picture up. It’s not me looking my proudest, if I’m honest with you, it’s not me in my best [laughs]. But, hell, the pictures were always going to get out, and I knew that. And frankly, there’s not even one part of me that feels I shouldn’t have done it. It was the best thing for me, to get back to what I love doing, which is acting.