--- description: Daniel Radcliffe may not seek out Harry Potter memes, but it seems they still have a way of finding him. title: Daniel Radcliffe Reacts Hilariously to Harry Potter Memes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbebd514c45f8f874/69893a27457a52c872d5f5df/daniel-radcliffe-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Daniel Radcliffe Reacting to _Harry Potter_ Memes Does Not Disappoint  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 13, 2018 3:07 PM CUT  Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on September 12, 2018. Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on September 12, 2018.Andrew Lipovsky/NBC  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 13, 2018 3:07 PM CUT [Daniel Radcliffe](http://time.com/4987442/daniel-radcliffe-harvey-weinstein/ "undefined") may not seek out [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/5349058/harry-potter-underrated-characters/ "undefined")memes, but it seems they still have a way of finding him. During a Wednesday appearance on _The Tonight Show_ to promote his new Broadway play _The Lifespan of a Fact_, the 29-year-old actor admitted that while he had seen funny memes of himself as Harry over the years, there were none that immediately came to mind. Naturally, [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/ "undefined") then decided to show his guest some of his own personal favorites, including an image of young Harry holding a snitch with the Jay-Z-inspired text, “If you’re havin’ Quidditch problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a snitch ain’t one.” “You know, what’s cool about that stuff is that I never—as a kid and you’re just insecure at that age—I never felt cool at any point playing that character and sort of these things go like, ‘No, that was cool,'” Radcliffe mused. “People thought that was pretty cool.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5395175/daniel-radcliffe-on-jimmy-fallon-harry-potter-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5395175/daniel-radcliffe-on-jimmy-fallon-harry-potter-memes/"},"headline":"Daniel Radcliffe Reacting to Harry Potter Memes Does Not Disappoint","datePublished":"2018-09-13T15:07:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:50.341Z","description":"The boy who was memed","url":"https://time.com/5395175/daniel-radcliffe-on-jimmy-fallon-harry-potter-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","TV","Late Night Television","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbebd514c45f8f874/69893a27457a52c872d5f5df/daniel-radcliffe-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbebd514c45f8f874/69893a27457a52c872d5f5df/daniel-radcliffe-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The-Tonight-Show-Starring-Jimmy-Fallon-Daniel-Radcliffe","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Daniel Radcliffe","creditText":"Andrew Lipovsky/NBC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5395175/daniel-radcliffe-on-jimmy-fallon-harry-potter-memes/","name":"Daniel Radcliffe Reacting to Harry Potter Memes Does Not Disappoint"}}]}] ```