Quotes from Daniel Craig

I don't care about how much other actors get.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

I take stuff because I'm inspired by it.

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.'

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.'

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

I love that my friends are all freaks.

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

My family and friends treat me as they always have.

Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.

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

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

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

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.

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.

If 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.

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.

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.

There's no real side to be on because I think it was a mess.