Radcliffe is an atheist . He has been quoted as saying : " I 'm an atheist , and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation " , and in a separate interview , he stated ; " I 'm very relaxed about it [ being an atheist ] . I don 't preach my atheism , but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do . Anything he does on television , I will watch " .