Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. Craig trained at the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, before beginning his career on stage. His film debut was in the drama The Power of One. Other early appearances were in the Disney family film A Kid in King Arthur's Courtand the biographical film Elizabeth, as well as in the historical war drama television series Sharpe's Eagleand the action-adventure drama series Zorro. Cast...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 March 1968
CityChester, England
Nothing is stopping me from doing anything. I haven't got a golden handcuff.
You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.
If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.
I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
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.'
The days of the misogynistic Bond are sort of over.
It is a huge iconic figure in movie history, and those things don't come along very often,
My family and friends treat me as they always have.
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
I don't care what other people are doing.
You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
We agreed to do it when I was drunk at his house one night, then on the day I had to have four large brandies - they didn't touch the sides at all. People just got on with it though. It didn't gather a crowd!
I think there's a complexity to it, but I think audiences are completely up for that.