Top 100 Quotes About Daniel Craig
#2. I like Daniel Craig. I worked with him on 'Sharpe,' one of the very early ones, maybe the second one we did - 'Sharpe's Revenge?' A long, long time ago, and he was good in that then.
Sean Bean
#3. I'm a film buff and I was keen to find out about the response to Daniel Craig's 007. 'Empire' and 'Hot Dog' had great reviews, and finally he's been accepted as the new Bond. So many millions go into that franchise that if you make a mistake, it's awful.
Burn Gorman
#4. One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.
Stephen Rodrick
#5. It's harder for men to imagine themselves as the girl in the movies than it is for me to imagine myself as Daniel Craig bringing down the building.
Meryl Streep
#6. I also liked Daniel Craig. He's not like any other Bond. So we'll see. In 10 years I might be cursed for doing it, but I'm very grateful for what it has done for me.
Eva Green
#7. I think Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond. I remember at the beginning, they were all saying, 'Oh, he won't work,' and I thought, 'Yeah, you watch.'
Sean Bean
#8. I'm very fond of the British cinema. I'm a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he's a great role model.
Steven Bauer
#9. Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. It's the cross pollination of 'The Bourne Identity' and 'James Bond;' that kind of style of filmmaking.
Pierce Brosnan
#10. Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
Idris Elba
#11. It's a surreal thing because you are there and made up and dressed up as if you're making the film. You do the scene, which is going to be in the film, and I met him [Daniel Craig] and I'm working with the director, and so it is different to just a normal audition.
Gemma Arterton
#12. I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.
Olivia Williams
#13. Good Lord, just look at that six pack!" She sighed. "I think you could grate cheese there."
"Fran, if you were with Daniel Craig with no shirt, I think the last thing you would think about would be grating cheese.
Amanda Laneley
#14. Blaming Obama for Iraq violence is like blaming Daniel Craig because Octopussy sucked.
John Fugelsang
#15. Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
Idris Elba
#16. Daniel Craig is sitting on a carrot, Jude Law is sitting on Daniel Craig's head.
Diane Messidoro
#17. I'm in a Bond film directed by Sam Mendes, with Daniel Craig. I want it to be perfect.
Stephanie Sigman
#18. I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.
Daniel Craig
#20. 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.
Daniel Craig
#21. I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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#24. 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
#25. Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
Daniel Craig
#27. I watched every single Bond movie three or four times, taking in everything I could about how the character had been portrayed in the past, then threw all that away once I started doing the role.
Daniel Craig
#28. 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
#29. Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
Daniel Craig
#30. In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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#32. He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.
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#33. 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.
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#34. 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
#35. Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have directed the story earlier in the book. It happens, it's called adapting a book, you have to make decisions about things. It's not unusual having to cut out scenes.
Daniel Craig
#36. 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
#38. 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.
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#39. The days of the misogynistic Bond are sort of over.
Daniel Craig
#40. I don't want to be a celebrity because that sucks. It's just madness.
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#41. So, are we equals? Until he answer is yes, we must never stop asking.
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#42. My family and friends treat me as they always have.
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#43. I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.
Daniel Craig
#44. There's more than one way to sense violence.
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#45. I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.
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#46. 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.
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#47. I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
Daniel Craig
#48. You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.
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#49. I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
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#51. Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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#52. 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.
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#53. It's not my cause in life to be filthy rich. Being comfortable is enough.
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#54. I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be, it's the very nature of things.
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#56. Doing a film and saying, I've done a really dark film and now I have to do a comedy ... That's not me. If a script comes along and it's dark I'll absolutely do it and take the consequences. I'm not fussed about the image that goes along with it.
Daniel Craig
#57. There's no real side to be on because I think it was a mess.
Daniel Craig
#58. I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
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#59. The movie business is based on criminals. Some of them are in movies and some of them make movies.
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#60. Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
Daniel Craig
#62. There's a conscious decision to everything I do.
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#63. I don't care about how much other actors get.
Daniel Craig
#64. 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
#65. Daniel 12:3 ... and those who turn the many to righteousness will shine the stars forever.
Craig W. Dressler
#66. Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
Daniel Craig
#67. 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.
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#68. I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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#69. I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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#71. The last thing on earth I wanted was to make a Bond movie.
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#72. I'd like to see (the films) go back to the books. I think (the films) need to be dirtier. I think that you should feel the man playing Bond could die at any moment. You don't feel that any more.
Daniel Craig
#73. 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.
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#74. 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.
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#75. I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
Daniel Craig
#76. You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
Daniel Craig
#81. 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.
Daniel Craig
#82. I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
Daniel Craig
#83. 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!
Daniel Craig
#84. I like going to the gym every day because I'm in physiotherapy every day.
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#85. There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
Daniel Craig
#86. There are things about guys who are in the army. They're very particular, they have to be.
Daniel Craig
#87. Having a sense of humour is really key. You have to have a sense of humour with these things and I've just tried to remain who I am. My life has changed. It's changed in the fact that I don't have the freedoms I did before, but I've also got a huge amount of other freedoms that came along with it.
Daniel Craig
#88. 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
#89. Some stalkers are quite benign, but finding someone in your garden at three o'clock in the morning with a meat cleaver and a hard-on can't be much fun.
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#90. If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.
Daniel Craig
#91. Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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#92. I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
Daniel Craig
#93. It's a Tim sandwich. The meat is fresh, but the bread is moldy.
Daniel Craig
#94. The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.
Daniel Craig
#95. As far as I'm concerned, the sexiness, the sex symbol, it's not a consideration.
Daniel Craig
#97. I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
Daniel Craig
#98. It didn't even really matter how good the band was - if someone could keep a beat, then you were prepared to jump up and down and smash around.
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#99. I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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#100. It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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