Best quotes by Daniel Craig

Personal PerspectiveDaniel CraigI guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

UnderstandingCharacter DevelopmentI 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.

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.

MoneyThinkingTemptationIf money comes along I will take it. I just want good scripts that try to make you think. I've been offered lots of money in the past but I just know that I would abuse it and get drunk.

ComedyDaniel CraigDoing 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.

Personal GrowthRegrethen Baillie [Walsh, writer and director] wrote the movie for me I wasn't doing what I'm doing today, so when we actually came to make the movie it seemed silly to change it. But who knows? That's the way things go. What was interesting for me - and what was always interesting in the script - was that you've got someone who appears to have everything, or at least has the opportunity to have everything, and he's f**ked it up, or lost it.

SuccessContentmentPrioritiesWealthIt's not my cause in life to be filthy rich. Being comfortable is enough.

DedicationCommitmentMoviesObsessionWhen you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

LoveDaniel CraigEven the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.

SecretsYou know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy, because it sells movies on 'behind the scenes' footage. It's seeing the secrets of how the movies are made, and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plots a secret.

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.

PassionCriticismPersonal ConnectionJames BondThere'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.

ActingCharactersExperienceViolenceIn many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.

Daniel CraigIntimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.

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

ActionVulnerabilityThe worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.

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.

InspirationChangeCulturePoliticsThings need shaking up politically, culturally.

PoliticsPersonalityThere is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.

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

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.

FashionStyleSocietal ExpectationsSelf-ExpressionAgingI 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.

Personal PreferencesCareer ChoicesJames BondIf 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.

ActingI 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.

As far as I'm concerned, the sexiness, the sex symbol, it's not a consideration.

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.

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.

Character DevelopmentSelf-DiscoveryI have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.

BooksCriticismReligionThe character I play has all these revolutionary ideas. I think the classic thing is that majority people who are criticising it probably have never read the books, and need to. And I'm sure that the Catholic Church, which is being directed as you know, can handle it.

ControlRepresentationPhilip is being very vocal about it. For me, I don't think the story isn't at all anti-religious in any way. I think what's it more against is the control and the misuse of power that any organised religion, or any political organisation exercises over the people they're supposed to represent. I think that, for me, is what's important in the movie.

MoralityDaniel CraigI genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to do this; I've got to get involved with this. I'm such a Philip Pullman fan and actually his philosophies, morals and the way he looks at the world. He does what he does brilliantly as a writer. He writes children's stories with major adult themes and major ideas about making the right choices.

ExpectationsI want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.

StorytellingEngagementAction movies live and die by the story that you're trying to tell. It's hard. It's very difficult to do an action movie that stays engaging.

ЕнергіяMusicEnthusiasmExcitementIt 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.

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

ActorsPossibilityRoleThere is also a distinct possibility that there are other actors ? whose names have not leaked to the press ? who may stand just as good a chance of landing the part.

TruthWhat I like about Layer Cake is its intelligent through-line. First of all, I think it's very close to the truth; I think this is what successful drug dealers are like. They don't drive around in flashy cars, they don't show off, they behave very quietly, they get on with their job and they earn lots of money. And it goes up and up and up and up the scale. Secondly - and selfishly - I like the moral aspect of the movie, which is that violence has consequences, and you feel emotionally involved with the violence.

AuthenticityTrustTruthPreferencesActorsI know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'

ShakespeareShakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.

MoviesSexiness, 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.

AmbitionsDreamsMoviesAspirationsI always wanted to make movies.