"Daniel Craig"

22:41And I kind of, I then sort of just had this sort of like, I don't know, I just sort of went, well, there's fuck all I can do about that. There's nothing I can do. And we're here and I know the script's good. And let's have a good time. And if it's a swing and a miss, great. If it's my last one, I'll walk away knowing that I did the best I could. I mean, it kind of, I mean, it sounds easy to say now. No, for sure. But it just, it was like, it just, I was like, let's get on with this. Let's do it. I just, you know. And do you think that sort of that trial by fire of being, because Bond, again, is so iconic, and by being put in the brightest of spotlights and being scrutinized so much sort of on social media or whatever it is online, do you think that that was a, were you able to carry those lessons on sort of post-Bond and in your normal, so as you, because we talk about it sometimes, what's the reaction to what people say in social media and everybody's got a voice and stuff.

23:43And everybody kind of puts it in a different place or deals with it differently. How does it affect your life? Do you think about it? I mean, I think the fame thing, I mean, I just had a complete nervous breakdown after it came out and sort of didn't leave the house for six months. But it was that. Really? I mean, I exaggerate, but I kind of was a bit like that. I just got like, oh my, I mean, it was like. Well, it's a level of fame and recognizability that is not something that one deals with quickly and easily. Well, and who do you talk to about it? I mean, I suppose you go, I'm going to phone up someone really, really famous.

24:15I mean, it's like, I mean, I don't know what you say. Yeah, or if you talked to the butcher or your friend or somebody who's not working and they're like, oh, boo-hoo, you're James Bond. Right, exactly. Right, so where does that healthy level of indifference come from about whether it works or not and I'm going to still just be me even if it doesn't or this fame stuff? Like, was your, did mom give you a good head on your shoulders or was it sort of, were you kind of self-taught? I think there's a, I've just got a very, you know, down-to-earth family who do not shy away from telling me what, you know, a low life I am.

24:49Yeah. You know, I mean, it's like, and that really helps. And just, yeah, coming, I don't know, I'm from the north of England, sort of more kind of like sort of practical, sort of like pragmatic way of looking at life maybe. I also got into that thing of, you know, very early on. I mean, there's so much. I went to drama school, and there's that terrible thing of drama school is that like 90 % of the year don't get to work. It's like that's the attrition rate. And you go into the business. There wasn't social media, so there wasn't another outlet to try and become famous. It was just like, you know, you got a job or you didn't get a job, and mostly people didn't get a job.

25:24And I know that somebody gave me a great bit of advice very early on. while at drama school, a great director who just said, don't ever, ever, ever get bitter. Don't get, you know, because bitterness is just the thing that will just eat you up, because there's always somebody going to get the job over you. There's always somebody going to, you know, and if you kind of only look at other people in the business with jealousy, then you'll kind of, that'll define you. And it doesn't matter if you then get success, you'll still kind of, I get jealous all the time, I'm jealous of every fucking actor out there who gets a job that I'd like.

26:00But I kind of, I admit to it. Yeah, right, right, right. But that's good. We had the same, we used to talk about it all the time. I remember it was years ago when people would start to work. And as you say, most of the time, most of us were not working and somebody would get a good job and whatever. And I always stayed friends with, we sort of cultivated. The people who were working. Yeah, that's a good point. They'll always get dinner. Yeah. But it was also like, we genuinely rooted for each other and anybody and sometimes there would be somebody who would come in the group who was you could tell was keeping score no and then you would just weed them out and you'd weed them out and you'd be like I'm not here I can't be friends with people who are keeping score I just can't I agree there's enough for everybody and if you're not in the mindset of rooting people on then like you say you're bitter and then fuck then you're fucked you're fucked you're fucked that's why I thought I just read something recently where you said and it made me laugh out loud when somebody asked you, who do you think you should pass the torch on to for James Bond?

27:02And you said, I don't care.

27:06It's basically not my business. JB, that is sexy indifference. Somebody else's fucking problem. Oh, that's so great. It made me laugh out loud. So then coming up and starting to do some jobs and kind of starting to make a living a little bit from it, perhaps, were there some other, I'm sure that there were some other jobs that you were doing to kind of pay the bills. I mean, I left home at 16. I went and joined a thing called the National Youth Theatre in London. So I left Liverpool. Liverpool was like early 80s, as depressed as, I mean, so much. It's come up now and the city's doing great, which is just wonderful.

27:46But at the time, it was seriously depressed. We had a sort of Trotskyite local council that was hated by Thatcher who she starved money. I mean, it was like the whole thing was just like, employment was like, I can't even know, like 35 % or 36%, but it was through the roof, whatever it was. And there was not a lot of job prospects. And I was playing with the idea of joining the Navy. I was playing with the idea, you know, I was doing all those things going, well, what do I do? What the fuck is it? There's nothing to do. And there was a thing called the National Youth Theatre and it did a summer course and my mother was a teacher and it was on the board at her school and she went this.

28:20And I went and auditioned for it in Manchester. I got in and she sort of kicked me out the door. And she went, you've got to go, you've got to go, go, go, go. And it was partly her ambition because actually she'd got into RADA, which is, you know, the kind of top, the top sort of drama school, certainly of those years, when she was 17, 18. And there was no money to go. There was, you know, there was like, because it was, you know, she didn't, the family just didn't have the money. So she didn't tell me that until about 10 years ago, actually. Oh, wow. Wow. But her ambition for me was just to get going.

28:55Wow. She must have been absolutely thrilled with your success and the arc of your success too, yeah? Yeah, I mean, I think so, yes. Yeah, that's awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. And also, and when you say the arc too, because you earned it as well. Like, you know, you really... Oh, there she is. There's your mom. Look at that. We already tipped her, by the way. Don't quote. We got this. We got that. Listener, he just had some food delivered. I've got to have a bite of this. Go ahead. Go nuts. Go nuts. Enjoy. So this is a perfect time for me with a long-winded question here so you can chew. Now, let's see.

29:34Were there, there weren't any, well, you tell me. Were there huge influences or a particular one coming out of England? You were like, if I were to get some traction on this career, that is kind of the path I'd like to be on. Was it somebody in England or was it somebody in America? Was it always acting? Was it directing? The theater thing was the kicker. That was definitely the kind of thing that got me just, that's what I want to do. And I had some weird thing that I can do that, which is great. But, you know, it's just because I was a show-off. Right, right. I'm not dressing up. And I still do.

30:09Yeah. So it's like, you know, I mean, so. John Gielgud. Something like that. No? Yes. I mean, you know. Albert Finney. I mean, definitely that generation, Albert Finney's generation, and those guys, I mean, it's just that whole, you know, I suppose they're called the Angry Young Men, didn't they? Then you worked with Gambon, right? I did, yeah. Oh, my God. Lucky man. I mean, just a dream of a human being and one of the greatest actors ever. Yeah. It was film, really, and that was, we had a little cinema in the town I grew up in, which was, you know, a flea pit, proper kind of just like one screen.

30:52And all the movies at the time would do the kind of rounds of the country where they'd go to the big screens and things like that. And then by the time we got them, the movie had been out for like a month and a half. And the prints would, I remember, the prints were just terrible and kind of like that. But they just, they put films on in rotation. I mean, from Stripes to Quest for Fire to, you know, I mean, Blade Runner I remember seeing in the cinema on my own with kind of an orange juice. And this film came out. I had no idea. It was like blind. I was in there seeing a double bill. It was a Sean Connery space movie called Outland or something.

31:28Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah. That was on, which was pretty great because it's a cowboy movie in space. Yeah. And then I kind of went and got a drink and came back and sat down on my own and Blade Runner started. And it was just like, I was like, and that... Was Harrison Ford a bit of a North Star for you? Well, it was the movie itself. It was the whole thing. I mean, sure, he is, of course. But the movie itself and the kind of, the fact that movies could look like that, feel like that and do that to you. It was just like the thing. I'd never kind of experienced it. And it felt like a movie that I discovered, that I was, and it was nothing to do with the Gone with the Wind or the kind of, It's like the, it's a wonderful life stuff.

32:11Or the Bond movies even. It was fantasy, yeah. That was part of. But ultimately kind of intangible though, right? I would imagine there you are sitting in this theater in this small town. You're like, well, I'm never going to make it to Hollywood. I'm never going to be up on a movie screen. That's a million miles away. I was an Erica little bitch. You actually thought, there is a shot. There's a shot. If I play my cards right. I don't know. I mean, it's hindsight, isn't it? That sort of says it. But there was something about. You thought it was possible. which is the key, right? He's like, why can't...

32:42Well, but you also got accolades when you were doing theater enough to know that you had something to offer. It was a thing that happened. I kind of left drama school and went and did... I went and did a John G. Avilstone movie called The Power of One with Stephen Dorff. I love Stephen. Scored by Hans Zimmer. I mean, amazing. Wow. He's amazing. Really kind of weird... I mean, not a weird movie, just a kind of movie of its era. Yeah. playing the bad guy and kind of it was just this sort of event that happened but it was a movie and I then came out I didn't work for a lot did some theater and then started getting TV roles little guest roles and things like that and suddenly then I got kind of a lead in a TV role and suddenly the money started it wasn't great but it was like this is like this is like kind of life changing money in the sense I might be able to afford a house soon.

33:36This is all coming. Still living in England? Still living in England. I'd gone to LA after the power of one and it was like 1991 and arriving here. Wow. It was like, it was like a I mean, well, it kind of and kind of not because I was so like green and naive. I landed in this town. I didn't have a driver's license and have a credit card. They checked me into the Universal Sheraton, which is I realize now is an island where you need a car to get off it. I mean, it was, and I kind of went to the front desk and they said, credit card, and they went, and they were looking at me like, so I had to embarrassingly call up Warner Brothers and get them to put some money down on the desk and do all these things.

34:19Wow. And then John Diabelson very nicely was sort of pushing me slightly because he's like, you kid, this kid's got it, this kid's got it. He was pushing me slightly. So I went up for auditions and in the movie I was playing, you know, a Nazi kind of South African bad guy. And I was going up for Nazi South Africa bad guys. I mean, that was it. I went up for like five auditions and it was all for Nazis. And I just was like, I've got a bit more range than this, I think. And suddenly there was an offer on the table from a manager, why don't you stay and we get you accommodation, blah, blah, blah, blah.

34:58And I did these five auditions and I went, whoa, no, this is going to go really wrong. And I don't know what it was. It was just like, where these thoughts came from, I have no idea. But they were just like, this is not the career I want. Right. So I went home. Back to England. Back to theater. Back to England. Well, sort of back to thinking, well, I've got a bit of money now, so it's okay. But then suddenly I started getting bigger roles in television. And I realized that was a mistake. Because I looked at these television stars at home, and God bless them. They're earning money, and they've got the house in Portugal.

35:32and they're thinking, yeah, they're set. Set. It's great. I want to make movies. I want to make movies. Good for you. And the British movie industry didn't exist. Right. It was just, I mean, there were amazing movies coming out. You think about, you know, like... Room of the View. I mean, Room of the View, but I'm talking kind of like... No one was ever going to cast me in because I wasn't a floppy, fringed kind of posh boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that's what I mean. Yeah. Like the sort of the... So there was lots of brilliant directors, like, you know, my beautiful lingerie and things like that, things like that were going on.

36:08But that was a kind of, you know, you had to know the director and things. Yeah. I sort of plugged away at it until someone gave me a break. But what was the shift in that British film? For me? Film. You mean? Yeah. I did a film called Love is a Devil. And that got some traction for you? It's as these things do. And like I say this to kind of young actors who talk about kind of, you know, you know, when the break comes and I'm going to do this thing. It's like believing producers say, this is going to be good for you, this is going to be good for you, this. It doesn't happen like that in the industry.

36:40It's tectonic. It's like it rolls around. You get the break like someone comes and sees you in something or sees you in something. A year later, they might go, let's get that guy. And you can't rush these things. So I did things and I just kept on going and eventually sort of something, momentum started happening And then I don't know what kind of went down. I did a TV series and then wrote a petition. Like, you know, Sam cast me and wrote a petition and then Munich. Now, did you know Sam Mendes before that? To say hello to. Yeah. So then when you auditioned, I'd imagine that was an audition, not an offer.

37:17It was a friendly face in the audition room. I blew it. You did? I completely blew it, yeah. Not a good audition. No, come on. No. Terrible audition. Did you apologize after your audition? as you're leaving. I'm so sorry you had to see that. Good luck with the project. Oh, my God. That's my go-to.

37:39It works. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it works, yeah. No, I just, I was, I was supposed to have sort of learned this Chicago accent and for some reason, I didn't. And for the audition, I kind of, I really, because he'd sort of kind of, he hadn't offered it to me, but he'd sort of said to me, we really want you to play the part. And I thought, well, that's an offer. And they said, now you've got to fly out to Chicago and audition. I was like, oh, really? Yeah. So I didn't really do enough work on the part. I kind of went, did this terrible reading. And he sort of went, stop, stop, you've got the job.

38:10Oh, no way, any boy. I sort of, I kind of, you know, battered him down with terrible acting. It's a ploy. All right, so then you're on set, and you're working with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman and being directed by Mr. Mendes. uh were was that um was that did that did you get winded um or was it just sort of like yeah this is kind of it's about time and this is what i've been trying to do i've been trying to avoid the other stuff and now i've landed in this sort of the lane i want to be in a little bit i mean combo i mean i would i i kind of yeah i mean i just felt i felt like terrified and all of those things but like you're here now right you better fucking you better deliver you better deliver because yeah did you find that you had a gear that you didn't know that that that could kind of boost you up and and so you don't didn't have a panic attack and you you you held your own yes i mean i suppose what it was i what what what really calmed me when it boils down to it you're on set with one of the greatest living actors of all time and paul newman and paul newman um and both both of them but very very very different actors but paul newman um who i've you know idolized and watching him work you realize oh god he's an actor yeah and it's just that sort of like that in itself was like he's i can't talk to him about he wants he wanted to talk to me about racing cars i was like going four wheels i mean yeah you know i just like he's like talking about like i mean i just how why why the indie series was so much better than grand prix series i was like yeah yeah i mean it was like um i couldn't but when it came down to it and watching and working him with him i had a language that i could speak to him in because i'm an actor he's an actor and he really is you know and he'd struggle and he'd really be kind of trying to find it and things and I'd just be like, oh, wow, great.

40:07That's what I do. Oh, good. And that kind of just, so I can get, you know, I mean. He forgets a line too sometimes. Right. Yeah. That's great. That's really cool. Yeah, that's really interesting, that idea of being with Paul Newman and watching him kind of find it in the scene. That is the opposite of making you nervous. It actually calms you because you see him as human. Yeah, you must have had a complete, like your nerves must have been absolutely settled in that moment. I was like, we can do this. We can make this happen. We're playing. Suddenly we're like, we're here to play. Great, I know how to play.

40:44Fascinating. One time I was doing the bucket list with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and I was in a scene with Jack Nicholson. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. And he turns to me and he goes, during rehearsal he goes, do you know what you mean when you say that line? I go, yeah, do you? Like, what? You're sick. I had to say that. You're a dick. I had to say that to relax myself because I couldn't believe I was in a movie with Jack Nicholson. We'll be right back.

41:18And now back to the show. Now, Daniel, when you were very quickly after that sort of vaulted into much more of a leadership position on the jobs that followed, Did you take that experience with you as a leader and see the younger actors or the actors with lesser parts get a little sort of nervous? And did you lend some of that comfort to them by, not intentionally forgetting a line, but did you take some of those leadership lessons? By being completely shit. It really just settles everybody's nerves. Oh my God, fuck me. Take a panic attack. That's how he's going to do it. I don't know. I mean, I feel like part of my job is to, you know, you're on set.

42:07You know, I love being around actors. I love being, you know, it's fun. It's a lot of fun. And if you have somebody who is, you know, there for a bit, short day, I have a thing. It's like, you know, it's like my favorite movies. It's those small parts that zip out, that make the movie sometimes. It's like you encourage them to be the best they can because it's like, you know, it's like smallest cogs, all of that shit. Sure, there's no small parts, just small actors. Exactly. What about siblings? Do you have siblings? I have a half brother and a sister, an older sister. And a completely different career path than you.

42:45Completely different, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm kind of the only actor in the family. And I want to talk about eggs that you just ate. Do you always watch what you eat when you're on doing these junkets? Like, you didn't want to touch the potatoes. I was just watching you garble those eggs. Sean knows, can he send a guy over to pick up the potatoes?

43:04There's somebody at your door right now, Daniel, if you don't mind, just real quick. Just slide the potatoes under the door.

43:12No, are you always like that, or do you go off the rails sometimes and just... I do. I mean, I don't... I used to have a... I used to swing... Okay. On Bond. I finished the sentence. Yeah, right, here we go. So, bless that. That's not a good word. On Bond, I would, you know, because of the intensity, I would sort of then spend the next sort of three, four months sort of being drunk and eating. Yeah, yeah. And that's not good for you. So, you know, so I don't, I stopped doing that and sort of like said, okay, let's maintain my fitness. How about that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you always look great.

43:46Thank you. It gets so hard after 50, yeah? I mean, we're all in order to 50. It's so depressing. It's so depressing. I remember putting my mom up a few years ago and going, oh, my fingers are aching. Welcome to my world. I've got all these little hot spots on my hands now that it hurts between this finger and this finger. And right at the base of the thumb there, it's like, what's going on? I had this treatment the other day where they gave me this infrared thing where they kind of map your body infrared and my hands were on fire. And they were like, oh, what's wrong? And I'm like, I don't know.

44:21What is wrong? It's like, it hurts. I'm not 20. Wait a second. Wait, Sean, you did a similar. No, JB, you did a map thing. I did the full body scan, yeah. Full body scan. And it was, thank God, it was all good. But it's kind of cool that they can do that now. What did they find in the place where the human heart normally is? Not much. There was like a little movie camera roll. Just a bunch of loose nuts and bolts. Wait, Daniel, also just meeting you for the first time, I sense that your brain works really, really fast. like you're hyper intelligent and you kind of have to when you're doing all the things that you do what do you do to I'm not getting that Sean really I do I get that you're like your brain like works really really fast like you're eating the eggs and you're finishing the story and then you're going like he's not a dummy okay I know that's what I'm saying Sean's so shocked how is he chewing and walking at the same time by the way this is coming from a guy who spends like a Monday afternoon mid afternoon watching videos of childbirth So it's not like he doesn't have a lot going on.

45:24Yeah. It's going to feel like a compliment's coming, but the curve is... Yeah. The bar couldn't be fucking lower. No. It is a big compliment because you have to think, you constantly have to think fast of what you do. You're like, the camera's there, my line's here, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And you have kids and you have the thing. So your mind's always going, what do you do to calm down?

45:46I don't know. I mean, it's just being at home. and I like to, I really, really, really don't play tennis. I'm so terrible. But if I can convince, you know, like a tennis pro or someone to hit a ball with me, I'll do that for two, three hours at a time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just kind of like, and you know. No golf for you. Yeah, what's the screen? Ruins a good walk. What are you talking about? Yeah, that's true. But it is a nice walk. It is a great, great walk. I love that. Now, what about, now, you've been to all these incredible, in all the films you've done, all these incredible locations around the world, is there a spot that calms you more than any?

46:24A favorite spot? I think if I'm going to really relax, the sea is like the place I want to be because it's like... I'm with you. I just want the salt water, and I want the sun, and my body kind of, again, with the aches and the pains. Yeah. You're not a boat guy, though, are you? Are you a guy that... Not really. No. They're a lot of hard work. I have like two fan stuff can we just get it out of the way? yeah of course man because Scotty my husband and I watched all your films like a billion times Javier Bardem and you probably have the greatest hero villain chemistry of all time like just incredible what do you tell Tracy what that's for Tracy's that's from oh my god that's from Skyfall thanks that is going and do you Adele you have to sing Adele when you say the net title no you don't go ahead with the question no I just it's just a comment not a question it's just a comment like that was incredible and do you guys still do you still keep in touch with Javier I do see I talk to him occasionally and yes I love him to death he's just he's less like he's a glorious human being and then the other thing was and you can think about it while we talk about other stuff unless you have to go is a great theater story.

47:44I was asked, like, people with theater stories. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, scenes falling, like, people throwing up on stage, like, anything like that. I've done all that. I've done all that. Really? Yeah, I've done all that. You name it. The amount of theater you've done is just stunning. You name it, I've done it. It's happened on stage. What do you think was the worst thing that happened where you were, like, fucked up a performance? Stopped the show. Or, like, an audience member? Yeah. I don't, I haven't, it hasn't, I mean, I've been at the theater when it was actually Liev Schreiber was doing, what were they doing?

48:15View from the Bridge, but where literally someone had a thing, an attack, and Liev actually got to say, is there a doctor in the house? I was like, wow, it's like, and there was. The guy was fine, and it was all good. It was kind of like, yeah, they stopped the show. So the amount of work that goes into doing theater at the level that you've done it and that Sean just did.

48:42I'm sure you can't compare that to the kind of rigor it takes to get through a huge, huge film, but is it somewhat comparable? And if so, which do you prefer as far as what takes most out of you? I think a movie takes the most out of you because I think it's a seven-day-a-week job. There's no day off, really, because there's always something to do on whatever. Either you're doing a five-day week or you're doing a six-day week. You've got to kind of, you're either rehearsing something or you're... Studying. Studying something. So the intensity of that is like, there's nothing. And a play, once it's up and running, gets its own kind of momentum.

49:21I mean, if it's an emotionally difficult play, then obviously it's kind of like it gets, you know, but you sort of tend to be able to kind of like spend the day not thinking about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then go and do it. Do you see yourself staying on screen until you're old and gray and in the ground? Or would you like to sort of throttle back and just have the last section of your life, whenever that starts, just on theater? Because that's something that I kind of fantasize about. It's just like moving to New York and becoming a theater actor and just like riding my bike to the theater. It's very attractive.

49:57Right? Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Depends how big the bills are, isn't it, right? Yeah, that's true. Well, back to the TV stars. Yeah, exactly. I mean, right. So, I don't know. I did work with Gielgud. I worked with Gielgud on two jobs. He was actually in The Power of One. You know, he played the headmaster at this school. And I did have a scene with him, but I met him. I met him around the back of the set, because I'd gone around to have a cigarette back in the day when I smoked. And there he was, smoking. And he kind of went, oh, don't tell anybody I'm not supposed to be smoking. And I was like, we had a cigarette together and had a chat, which he was like, you know.

50:38And then I did Elizabeth about 10 years later. And he must have been well into his 90s by then. Wow. And it was kind of, why is he working? Because his boyfriend liked diamonds. I mean, it was kind of like, he was like, that was the response, you know. and he was wheeled in and I kind of thought I had the scene with him just to sort of like, he was playing the Pope and I was playing this Jesuit mass murderer. Easy role. And I just sort of, I kind of went and sort of took care of him. My instinct was to sort of, hello sir, how are you? You probably don't remember we had a cigarette together, you know, of course he didn't remember.

51:23but he was like I could see the age and it was like oh my god wow he's really kind of is he going to be able to remember his lines the board went on bang just showed up the back went up and he was just like and he did the scene it was like oh my it blew everybody away and then kind of went back and it was like wow that's and I kind of was like that's amazing but I was also kind of like I don't know if you've ever ridden a horse in a movie they have they have to retire movie horses because they learn the board. You know, they learn when the slate comes in and they hit it whack, it's time to go.

51:55Yeah, so I've been, I've sat on horses that are kind of like, wait a minute, you know, because I don't ride very well, so stick him on that neck, you know, because it's like and they're kind of like there, trying to pull its head up, trying to look cool, which is just like, look, it's like it's going to die. And they put the board on it, and it's like, oh my God, Jesus Christ! And they can't, they have to retire these horses, and I thought, oh my God, you're a film horse, that's kind of what do I want to turn into a film horse? Wow. When that board goes on, oh, yeah, here we are. At the same time, I mean, maybe there's a little bit of sort of wisdom in staying active in that way is part of the reason that he was able to stay, you know, into his 90s.

52:33I mean, maybe do a crossword, I don't know. Yeah, because otherwise he's in Portugal, right? No, totally, totally, I get it. I mean, going back to that hysteria in the school play, that thing, that drug, that thing that gets you See why I brought it back? That's really good I like it, I kind of wanted to get back I'm glad you mentioned that because I kind of wanted to go back to that moment you're in the theater and go all the way back to that moment you're in the theater and you're watching Blade Runner because it really made me think about I was going to bring this up before and I was going to ask you guys, what is that thing?

53:07What was that sort of seminal moment in your life? What was the film, the book that you read and do you go back and still because I have found now that I'm in my 50s I'm now re-looking for moments like that where I get inspired. I'm reading a book right now. It's called Midlife Crisis. It is a midlife crisis. Believe me. I should be wearing a fucking hat the last 10 years that said, ask me about my midlife crisis. Yeah. But, and yes, I had a Porsche, obviously, and I've had, but all of that, do, you know, do you guys, have you guys had those moments? Do you remember being young in a book or a film or something?

53:44Yes, mine is 11 years old. I was 11 years old. My brother took me for my 11th birthday. My brother Kevin took me to go see E.T. And I was 11 years old. And everybody in the theater was crying, as they were at the end. And I said to my brother, I said I'd give anything to be him. And my brother thought, like the fantasy, like, oh, Elliot, to have a friend like E.T. And I go, no, I'd give anything to be Henry Thomas, who played Elliot. And my brother's like, the actor? And I was like, yeah, to make people feel that? that would be amazing JB anything do you remember a moment you were inspired by something Matthew Broderick do Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway I think I was like 15 or something and I could have gone there was like I was a fork in the road I could have stopped doing what I was doing but I saw him do that and I just had such a good time and I was like oh I want to I want to do that I love that yeah yeah yeah yeah for me it was it wasn't even singing for me it was I was 17 I remember this so clearly and I read On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

54:45And it sounds so cliche, but fuck, I was like, you can get out into the world? And that was actually spurred me to go, I can move to New York. And I moved when I was 20. And it was like, yeah, fucking Kerouac. That's what they did. Where did you grow up? In Toronto. Oh, right. In Canada. And you're like, that's what you do. If you want to be out in the world, you got to get out into the world. And that really spurred me on for the rest of my life, I think. I love that. Daniel, what's going to happen with you for the rest of the day? And by the way, We're going to talk about Queer. I want to hear a little bit about Queer.

55:15So Queer's out December 13th. You read the script. You think immediately. Do you think about the character? Are you thinking about that incredible director, Luca Guadagnino? Or what? What's going through your mind? All of that. Yeah, all of that. I wanted to work with Luca. I think he's just a really exciting kind of out there director who's just pushing it. So it was a pretty quick yes. yes totally yeah and the script you know was I mean yeah I mean getting offered a really complicated interesting funny sad human being to play I can't wait to see it I know me too me too congratulations on that yeah thank you yeah alright you're done you've done great yeah you can get your cold eggs there I'm very sorry it's alright I'm just not going to eat the potatoes in front of you.

56:13Sean will be here soon. But that's my personal, I've got a problem with that. I'll take him off your head. I have to go into a dark cupboard and eat potatoes. Wait, Daniel, how, like, do you live in the UK? I do. I lived in New York for nearly 20 years, no, 15 years, and moved back to London this summer. And do you love visiting LA? Are you like, I'm in, I'm out? I mean, it's kind of, you know, it's love-hate. It's all that thing. It's like I really, I do love this, and I love California, and I love, I just, I went to the desert for a couple of days before I started this to get some kind of R &R.

56:49Good, yeah. And, you know, it's like there's no place like this on earth. And then I want to go, and then I want to leave really quickly. Yeah, yeah. Now, last question, do you still follow Liverpool at all? Yes, yeah. You do? I do, yeah, religiously, yeah. Yeah, same. I don't get to many games, sadly, but now I'm back in England. I'm hoping to get to many games. Let's come in the new year. I'm going to come over there. Let's go to a game. Let's make this play. I would really like that. Okay, great. Yeah, I really like that. Daniel, thank you so much for doing that, pal. Thank you so much. Thank you.

57:17Huge of your day. Yeah, thank you. All right, buddy. Bye. Take care. Thank you. I don't know how to stop this. Slam it. There you go. Now, there's a guy's guy. He's a woman's guy, too. And he slammed the computer. You know, that's a great sign. Yeah, yeah. I really do. He is. He's great. Like, you know, how do you talk to him without bringing up James Bond? I can't tell if he's sick of it. I think we did a good job of not peppering him with all the shit he's been asked, maybe. I don't know. I've never seen an interview with him. I mean, I always say this on this little podcast of ours. It's like, when I meet people I've never met before like that, and I'm huge fans, of course, I want to ask them all the fan questions, but I'm nervous.

57:57Yeah. I know. You know? How many films have you seen a billion times? I want to get down to your numbers now. Yeah, I mean, I mean, honestly, I've seen that so many times. I've seen all of them so many times. But Skyfall is Scotty's favorite. And we've seen that many times. That's incredible. Skyfall? You've never seen Skyfall? That's the one, right? Oh, it's so good. Wait, are you kidding, Jay? It's so good. Invite me over for Christ's sake. Wait, Jason, Skyfall is amazing. Yeah, it's amazing. And you love Javier Bardem. He takes his teeth out and it's fucking crazy. Spoiler alert. Wait, what's your favorite line that he ever said?

58:32Oh, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, my ear. I hear it through my ear. Take your hand away from your ear. Take your hand away from your ear. Oh, what a line. Is James Bond around? That was another one. No, but... Go ahead. Go ahead, Sean. Oh, Sean, I know you were going to say, fuck me, dude. Watching your face try to line up a vibe. Because he looks down at the computer because he kind of works on them, I think. Of course he does. No, no. I had one. I have one. Have we ever gotten a bunch of suggestions from our listeners of what we can do for our buys? I know, but do we have a portal for them to fill? A portal?

59:14Do we fill our portal? What do you mean? Or some sort of a site they can put all these recommendations so we can stop listening to Sean's shitty buys. But also, it's not the shitty buys. No, it's not. It's the way he goes, blah, blah, blah. And he goes, yeah, so also I was thinking that... and you're like, fuck, dude. Here it comes. What are you doing? No, I was going to say, what does Stye, what does Jason Stye rhyme with? No, that's no good. Will, you got one? I don't have one. That's mine. No, I'm glad that it's... You should be guest related. You know, it should be tied into the guest somehow.

59:50Well, I mean... Skyfall, its original title was... Bye! Bye!

59:58Sounds like you got yourselves in a little bind. Robby! Smart Less

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