It was often very laughable, but you cant mock it and expect it to work.

You have to buy into it.

It doesnt matter who you are.

Daniel Craig in ‘No Time to Die’

Daniel Craig as James Bond in ‘No Time to Die’MGM/Everett Collection

It doesnt matter how tough you are, everybodys vulnerable.

He added later, Listen, [Bond] is nearly 20 years of my life.

When I took it on I was one person.

Pierce Brosnan repels from a wire, wearing a suit, as 007; Helen Mirren poses on a red carpet.

Im now a completely different person.

Im not doing this movie in response to that.

Im not that small.

But I couldnt have done this movie when I was doing Bond.

It wouldve felt kind of, Why?

What are you trying to prove?’