Daniel Craig – 25 Quotes

25 Quotes by 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.’

– 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.

– Daniel Craig

As soon as someone tells me: ‘You’re rather sexy,’ I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: ‘You were voted the world’s sexiest man,’ I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? ‘Thank you’ is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world’s sexiest man, anyway.

– Daniel Craig

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

– 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.

– 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.

– Daniel Craig

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

– Daniel Craig

My family and friends treat me as they always have.

– Daniel Craig

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

– 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?’

– 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.

– Daniel Craig

Even the worst Bond movies, there’s something to love about them.

– Daniel Craig

I always wanted to make movies.

– Daniel Craig

I guess you could say I’ve been in my share of violent movies.

– 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.

– 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.

– 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.

– Daniel Craig

When you’re making movies you’ve got to get obsessive.

– Daniel Craig

You’re creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.

– Daniel Craig

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

– Daniel Craig

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

– 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.’

– 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.

– 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.

– Daniel Craig

I can’t go to war with paparazzi.

– Daniel Craig