'To completely become an artist is to expose yourself. If you’re going to do it, you have to do it all the way. Nobody’s going to take notice unless you step out of your own way and go, 'Look at me!'' - DanielCraig
While the 007 traditionalists were obsessing over the color of his locks, Daniel Craig set about imbuing the Bond franchise with new life—in the process fashioning the most rascally delicious version of the character yet, and earning himself unequivocal heartthrob status. Still, don’t expect a career dominated by car chases and cat-and-mouse games.
CRAIG: So I was on these press junkets, and you have to reinvent everything you’ve already said. Wind an actor up and set them off, and all they want to do is talk about themselves—you have to be a little self-obsessed to be in the business. It’s the worst and very best thing about any art form. CRAIG: I do admire people who can control the way things like that happen. I can’t be like that. I don’t think many people can.CRAIG: If they’re successful. People who are like that but who are not successful are not so interesting. But someone who has talent has to be precocious. When you see that they can back it up, you go, “this is serious talent.” Then you get into Muhammad Ali territory.
CRAIG: Because to completely become an artist is to expose yourself. You can’t say, “Don’t look at me; I’m exposing myself.” If you’re going to do it, you have to do it all the way. Nobody’s going to take notice unless you step out of your own way and go, “Look at me!” It’s kind of a horrible trait, but we can trace it back to childhood, when the child who is the most noticeable gets the most attention.
CRAIG: Well, I was in that situation, and I was asking all my friends what they though. I had my friend Baillie [Walsh, the writer and director] in my ear going, “You’ve go to do it,” though even he said that maybe it was not a good idea. At the end of the day, I realized it was my choice and no one else’s.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.
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