3 December 2020 Daniel Craig It’s a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don’t come along very often so I thought, ‘Why not?’
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I’m one of the least competitive people you’ll ever meet. Except with myself.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he’s hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and ‘behind the scenes,’ and now it’s a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can’t recreate.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig The subject matter is very tricky. It’s about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it’s a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: ‘I could’ve been Bond. Buy me a drink.’ That’s the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: ‘I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.’
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don’t want to just make spy movies.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig I know what I like in other actors: truth. That’s the best. It makes you say, ‘OK, I’ll go with you on this.’
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig You’re creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you’re not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don’t trust myself. I need that balance.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig The truth is, I don’t have any problem with journalists – I count some of them as friends – also some of my heroes are journalists, I’m a big fan of Robert Fisk – great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what’s right.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the ‘Thomas Crown Affair’. It’s, it’s, I don’t know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It’s the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it’s not.
3 December 2020 Daniel Craig I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
