--- title: Daniel Craig Hints at Return to James Bond Franchise description: Despite comments he previously made to the contrary, it seems Daniel Craig may not have turned in his license to kill once and for all. canonical: https://time.com/4525501/daniel-craig-james-bond-return/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T20:41:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:06:49.454Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Daniel Craig Hints at Possibility of Return to James Bond Franchise og:description: Provided he still gets "a kick out of it" og:url: https://time.com/4525501/daniel-craig-james-bond-return/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690553af23f3a801/6988a9638e060119d9467cb3/daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The New Yorker Festival 2016 - Daniel Craig Talks With Nicholas Schmidle og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daniel Craig Hints at Possibility of Return to James Bond Franchise twitter:description: Provided he still gets "a kick out of it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690553af23f3a801/6988a9638e060119d9467cb3/daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daniel Craig Just Can't Quit James Bond: 'I Would Miss It Terribly'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2016 8:41 PM UTC  Actor Daniel Craig speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016. Actor Daniel Craig speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016.Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for The New Yorker  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2016 8:41 PM UTC Despite comments he made to the contrary while promoting 2015’s [_Spectre_](http://time.com/4018778/daniel-craig-spectre-james-bond/), it seems [Daniel Craig](http://time.com/4084943/daniel-craig-james-bond-misogynist/) may not have turned in his license to kill once and for all. The 48-year-old [James Bond](http://time.com/4079504/james-bond-facts-trivia/) actor — who famously said [he’d rather slash his wrists](http://time.com/4065408/daniel-craig-james-bond-slash-wrists/) than continue his run as 007 — made an appearance at the _New Yorker_ Festival this weekend to discuss the projects he is currently working on, but ended up fielding a question about his future with the secret agent franchise. “They say that s—t sticks, and that definitely stuck,” he joked, referencing his previous remarks, according to [_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/daniel-craig-not-ready-to-quit-being-james-bond.html). “It was the day after filming \[stopped on _Spectre_\]. I’d been away from home for a year. Boo-hoo. It’s a good gig. I enjoy it.” Craig — whose Bond résumé also includes _Casino Royale_, _Quantum of Solace_ and _Skyfall_ — went on to hint that he has kept the door open to a return. “As far as I’m concerned, I’ve got the best job in the world. I’ll keep doing it as long as I still get a kick out of it,” he said. “If I were to stop doing it, I would miss it terribly.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4525501/daniel-craig-james-bond-return/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4525501/daniel-craig-james-bond-return/"},"headline":"Daniel Craig Just Can't Quit James Bond: 'I Would Miss It Terribly'","datePublished":"2016-10-10T20:41:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:06:49.454Z","description":"Even though he has said he was done with the franchise","url":"https://time.com/4525501/daniel-craig-james-bond-return/","keywords":["movies","James Bond","Daniel Craig","Spectre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690553af23f3a801/6988a9638e060119d9467cb3/daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt690553af23f3a801/6988a9638e060119d9467cb3/daniel-craig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The New Yorker Festival 2016 - Daniel Craig Talks With Nicholas Schmidle","caption":"Actor Daniel Craig speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016.","creditText":"Ilya S. 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