[Watson] also says that she hopes to work with Radcliffe again, "later, doing more grown-up characterizations."

"It would depend (on) the project," [Radcliffe] chuckles. "But of course I'd want to see Emma again and work with her. She's very talented — she was to begin with. We've all really grown, in creative and emotional terms, through each of the films. It's been like an incredible and elite and... tremendously rewarding school to go through and learn from. I could say it's Hogwarts and then some."

"(I met) all kinds of people — colorful, exciting — from all walks of life," [Radcliffe] says. "(I became) friends with people I worked with. Many of us became like a family. But also, when I started dating, it was almost always girls I met on the set. It's only fairly recently that I've gone out on dates with, you know, civilians."

"What's gratifying is something I've noticed in the last year or two, or maybe more," Radcliffe explains. "People used to call me 'Harry' or 'Harry Potter.' I can understand that. But increasingly, they're using my (real) name. I like that."

"By the time I'm 40 — and presuming I'm still in the acting game — Harry will probably be a distant memory to most people. But I don't resent Harry one bit. I don't feel held back by him. And it's not like I'm trying to create an opposite image for myself, which is something I've read (in the press) and isn't at all true."

"It's like graduating from school," he says. "Except, you get more attached working with fellow actors than you do with most of your schoolmates. Some schoolmates you don't care about never seeing again, let's face it. But in movies it's different. You do want to keep in touch. And work together again, even."

"It's Harry that has made this career possible, and that'll be responsible for a lot of my opportunities for some time," he says. "It's like he's given them to me, but then it is up to me to prove that I can handle them and get away from Harry — not just in terms of time, but in proving I have other colors and aspects to offer."

Watson says it has been a "marvelous opportunity" to play Hermione.

"I could say everything about the 'Harry Potter' experience has been magical, but it would sound like a pun," she says.

"I don't think any of us are relieved it will be behind us. It's been fun and hard work too. But in a way, it's also something to get through, and yet to be proud that you've done. Then it's behind you, and you're ready for the next stage of your life, eager to see what comes next."