Daniel Craig Quotes

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.'

There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have grown up with James Bond - and so have I. But I was being criticized before I had presented anything, so it was name calling.

It's not like I was trying to be sexy but I had to get fit because I had to be able to do stunts. Also I wanted that, if Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a man who did what he did, which was kill people for a living. I thought the only way to do that was to work out and get fit and buff and get physically into shape.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

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.

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work. 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.

I've seen a lot in my life, and everybody goes down the dark, winding staircase eventually. It's a bad place to be and that's why having good friends is always essential. Those are the people who pull you out.

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.

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

I'd hate to feel in a comfort zone while I am working. That's not the way I like to do things. I want to be pressurized and challenged every day.

It doesn't matter if you look a million dollars but everybody has their flaws. So that's why it had to be that way. He was living the life, he would stay out for three days probably, get drunk and do whatever he was doing and then hit the gym for two days. But that's the craziness of that lifestyle - you're damaging yourselves in more ways than one.

Nothing is stopping me from doing anything. I haven't got a golden handcuff.

I’m potentially worth a lot of money, but I’ve got to go and make something that’s worth a lot of money.

Privacy is important. Anybody who doesn't think that, they're crap. But I know I'm going to lose some of that and that's something I'll have to deal with.

I like going to the gym every day because I'm in physiotherapy every day.

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.

My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

So, are we equals? Until he answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

Well the thing is, once you have a snow leopard it's difficult to go back. Everything is going to be slightly disappointing. It's very telling what your choice would be. Because that's probably how you see yourself. We used to play that game as kids and you'd say if you were animal what would you be and it'd usually be the opposite of what it should be. But all animals have got their virtues. You know, cockroaches got virtues.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.

Good scripts are hard to find.

I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.

There's a conscious decision to everything I do.

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?'

I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.

It's a Tim sandwich. The meat is fresh, but the bread is moldy.

I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old!

Every movie I get involved with I get involved in as big a level as I possibly can, but this has been a very much more personal journey for me, so bringing it here tonight there's a sense of relief, there's a sense of just amazement that got here... because it's been a struggle. But this is a good way to launch it and there couldn't be a better way of celebrating this movie than bringing it to the West End.

I'm not James Bond. There's your headline! It's very clear to me that he's the furthest from my character that it's possible to be. It's somebody I play.

I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.

I never had any boyhood ambitions.

I try not the count chickens, and I really do because there's no point because you go crazy. I'm very happy with the way this is working out. If they do another movie I'd love to do, and we'll fit in it.

I don't want to be a celebrity because that sucks. It's just madness.

Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.

There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.

I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.

At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.

I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.