izzyhoey2: Daniel Craig reveals he can't get drunk now he's James Bond

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Daniel Craig reveals he can't get drunk now he's James Bond

PUBLISHED: 12:35 EST, 2 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:36 EST, 2 October 2012

With a great role like James Bond comes great responsibility, thinks Daniel Craig.

The actor has admitted you won't see him stumbling out of pubs drunk any time soon, not now that he's portraying the covetable role of the classy 007 agent.

Daniel, 44, is gearing up for the release of his third Bond movie, Skyfall, and is very aware of the fact that the cameras are on him at all times.

'Shaken, not stirred': Daniel Craig, pictured here as James Bond in Quantum Of Solace, wants to keep the classy image in his everyday life as well and feels he can no longer get drunk in public

The British actor, who is married to Rachel Weisz and resides in New York, leaves his wild past behind him as he's desperate to hang on to the stylish and classy image that comes with the James Bond part.

'You talk to people in the movie business who have been doing this 40 years and they all say the difference is that, back in the day, you could go and have a drink in the bar, get drunk, fall over, have a good time, relax, whatever, and no one would know about it,' he told the November issue of Vanity Fair.

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'But now everyone’s got a camera.

'Not that all I want to do is get drunk in a bar, but that’s an example.

'So you can’t live a normal life anymore. Because it will become public knowledge that you’ve whatever—gotten drunk in a bar or skinny-dipped on a beach or something.

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'Things that normal people do occasionally. And in a way that’s kind of—I’ve got to be high-class.'

Opening up: He speaks candidly to this month's Vanity Fair magazine

Opening up: He speaks candidly to the November issue of Vanity Fair magazine

Although don't feel too bad for the Brit, as he admits he has had his fair share of partying.

'I’ve done a lot of things in my life. But you have to think in that way. Which is sad, because I like bars.'

And Daniel claims he can't be persuaded to have a drink, not even a classic martini, even though many fans have tried.

'It’s amazing how many times I’ve sat in interviews like this in a bar or a hotel, and it’s 11 o’clock in the morning and someone sends a martini over,' he told the magazine, laughing.

'And it’s like, Really? It’s 11 o’clock! Cheers! I’m not going to drink it.'

The actor also speaks out about the iconic role and the constant comparison to former Bond actors that comes with it in the latest issue of the magazine.

'What I’m doing is not what Pierce was doing, and Pierce wasn’t doing what Roger Moore was doing, or what Sean was doing, or what Timothy [Dalton] was doing.

'Things have changed. It’s just kind of the ride of it. Pierce used to say that it’s like being responsible for a small country.

'It’s kind of like you have to look after it diplomatically. I kind of get that, but I can’t really say that’s my deal.

'I’m not going to be the poster boy for this. Although I am the poster boy.'

Read the full interview in the November issue of Vanity Fair magazine.