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Daniel Craig has joked he would "rather slash his wrists" than do another James Bond movie.
The 'SPECTRE' star, 47, has portrayed the legendary MI6 agent for nearly a decade and has admitted he now feels ready to hang up his gun and luxury tuxedo for the moment.
Asked if he wants to play the leading role again, Craig told Time Out magazine: "I'd rather break this glass and slash my wrists. No, not at the moment. Not at all."
He added: "That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on."
However, the handsome star, who became the highest-paid actor to play James Bond after he was handed a reported $10.7 million for 'Skyfall', has said he would only consider signing up for the next movie "for the money."
Meanwhile, although Craig is adamant he's ready to quit the franchise after the upcoming movie, he recently claimed he'd signed a contract that may require him to make another.
He said: "It's getting harder. But such is life. I'll keep going as long as I'm physically able. I'm contracted for one more - but I'm not going to make predictions.
"These movies don't get made very often. It's just the fourth time for me, a spit in the ocean. If you don't get excited about making a movie of this size with this cast, with Sam Mendes... then go home."

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg "cast each other" for 'Saving Private Ryan'.
The pair have been close friends for many years and collaborated on a number of movies and mini-series, most recently the upcoming 'Bridge of Spies', but their friendship only turned into a professional relationship when they approached each other about working on 1998's 'Saving Private Ryan'.
Steven, who directed the movie, told TIME magazine: "It's funny because a couple of times it's been my idea, once it's been Tom's idea, and once it was that we decided independent of each other. Once Tom read the first draft of a script and I read the first draft of a script and we called each other on the phone at the same moment and decided to do it together - that was 'Saving Private Ryan'. That was the one time that he cast me and I cast him."
However, lead actor Tom admitted he did some research before approaching Steven, despite their friendship.
He said: "You're giving me a little too much credit. I wasn't quite that prescient. I think I did some ground work to find out if you were open to the phone call."

'Bad Boys 3' will be released within "12 to 16 months".
Will Smith - who starred as Miami detective Mike Lowrey alongside Martin Lawrence's cop character Marcus Burnett in the action comedy franchise's original movie in 1995 and its 2003 sequel - has revealed that the third film in the series is coming soon.
In an interview on Beats 1, he said: "There is a very, very, very strong possibility that you will be seeing a 'Bad Boys' within the next 12 to 16 months."
However, he did not give any other details on the movie, leaving his exact involvement still unclear.
It was previously claimed that Will Smith won't star third movie, or its planned follow up.
However, it has been claimed that the 'Fresh Prince of Be Air' star will be involved in a producer capacity and has signed up to assist on the recently confirmed fourth film in the series.
Last year, Martin revealed that the script was well under way and even tagged Will in a post on Twitter regarding production.
When asked about the next movie, he said: " I just talked to Jerry Bruckheimer (producer. He said it's real, they're working on the script, they're getting close - and it all looks good."

Christoph Waltz says Daniel Craig's James Bond is "more realistic" than previous incarnations.
The 59-year-old actor stars as the villain Franz Oberhauser in the latest movie 'SPECTRE' and he believes there is no such thing as a Bond franchise, but that each movie is defined by the era and the actor who plays the suave super spy.
Speaking to Collider about Daniel's gritty take on Bond, he said: "Daniel as Bond differs from all the other actors, his Bond is a little darker, a little more realistic, more psychological, a little more troubled than the carefree Roger Moore era.
"Every Bond movie differs from another because the story is different. Every actor defines the overall tone and impression, that's very much tied to the actor."
When asked about the franchise, he said: "There is no Bond franchise in general. That's an abbreviation for marketing people."
Instead Christoph believes the series is simply tied together by some "generalities".
He added: "That's important to see, that there are only specifics there - no generalities - on top of the world that we accept as the Bond world."

Daniel Adegboyega believes 'SPECTRE' "has to do better" than 'Skyfall'.
The actor starred as one of villain Silva's mercenary in the 2012 movie but insists the next film has to top it because the Bond franchise is so cherished by fans.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Bond is a massive responsibility, huge, it always has to do better. I saw the trailer for 'Spectre' and it looks immense, and you get the sense that they're tying all the films together, particularly the ones with Daniel Craig, so it has to do better. Sam Mendes (Director) has a responsibility to not just himself but to the Bond institution, to make it better. And he can do it, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the job. If he didn't think he could do a little bit better than 'Skyfall' I don't think he'd have taken on the job. So this is clearly him saying, 'Yeah I can do this.'"
Although Daniel doesn't star in the new film - which will be released later this month - he admitted his role acted as a springboard for his career as it gave him lots of new jobs.
Speaking at the VIP launch of the Everyman Cinema and Getty Images exhibition The Name's Bond - a retrospective James Bond photography exhibition exploring life on the set of 007 - he explained: "After I did 'Skyfall' I had an influx of auditions for huge films and things and by the end of 2013 I had done two major films with huge actors, one was with Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen, the other one was with Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, and that I know, was definitely as a result of 'Skyfall'."

Will Smith says he never met Jared Leto while working on 'Suicide Squad' because the actor was so immersed in his role as The Joker.
Although the duo worked on the movie together for six months, Will - who plays Deadshot - insisted that Jared took his part so seriously that he never broke character.
Speaking in an interview on Beats 1, Will said: "'Suicide Squad' is insane. I've never actually met Jared Leto. We worked together for six months and we've never exchanged a word outside of 'Action!' and 'Cut!' I literally have not met him yet. So, the first time I see him will be 'Hey, Jared. What's up?' He was all in on the Joker."
Will's comments come after it was revealed that Jared sent a live rat to Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), bullets to Will and a dead hog to the rest of the cast as part of his own preparations, and also sent a letter and video explaining why he hadn't joined his co-stars as they took time to get into their characters.
Adam Beach (who plays Slipnot), said: "Basically, what he said was, 'Guys, I can't be there but I want you to know I'm doing my work as hard as you guys.
"The video he showed is in character. It blew our minds away. Then we realised that day, this is real."

The 'Terminator' franchise is "re-adjusting" after 'Terminator: Genisys' disappointing box office returns.
The movie series - starring Arnold Schwarzenegger - failed to impress with its recent fifth installment and Skydance Productions admitted some changes need to be made.
While speaking at The Wrap's annual media leadership conference, TheGrill, Skydance Media Chief Creative Officer Dana Goldberg said: "I wouldn't say on hold, so much as re-adjusting.
"We're ultimately happy with overall worldwide numbers. Do I wish we would have done better domestically? Absolutely. Happily, we live in the world where the domestic number had a level of importance 10 or 15 years ago - I'm not saying it's not important, it is - but we have to play to a worldwide market. In terms of 'Terminator', the worldwide market paid attention, but we're not taking the domestic number lightly."
The movie only made a disappointing $90 million in the United States.
And she admitted that the company will not be rushing into making a new movie, explaining: "We are not going to begin production at the beginning of next year. It would be silly to not have to worry about what audiences have to say."

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Rose McGowan became a director because she "hated" acting.
The 'Scream' star - who shot to fame playing a witch in supernatural TV series 'Charmed' - felt that she wasn't getting the respect as an actress that she deserved and suffered a number of injuries on set.
One night she had an "epiphany" to move behind the camera.
She said: "I was getting very injured by bad directors - I had three surgeries and paid $700,000 in medical bills. It was a tough time.
"One night the power went out in my house and I had an epiphany. I knew I hated acting even though I'm a good actor. I've always brought 150 per cent to everything that I've done, but there were so many people I worked with that weren't giving the same back to me. I realized that I was an artist and that I had something to say."
The 42-year-old filmmaker is now working on her first feature-length movie 'The Pines' after she received critical acclaim for her short film 'Dawn' at the Sundance Film Festival last year and she has revealed the project is going to have a feminist message.
She told Prestige Hong Kong magazine: "For a director it's the hardest thing to achieve. You campaign for Oscars and buy people off but not for Sundance. Every article was saying how surprised (they were that) I had it in me. But why? If a guy who'd done lots of action films did this, would they be that surprised too?
"I want to use my films as a platform to give people a voice. I'm currently directing my first full-length film called 'The Pines'. It's about a woman who's really lost and finds herself in the end. She's taken in by a family of healers and discovers her own strength. I have the script and am doing major rewrites right now. I'd love Ellen Page or someone like her to star in it. It needs a very strong actress."