-Hello. How are you? You didn't get the memo.

-[ Laughs ] I should have.

-So I'm just -- How much of a fool do I look?

-No, you -- I can't believe --

Of course you would do this. You're the best.

-This is how I walk around my house all the time.

-[ Laughs ] Yeah.

-I insist everybody who comes to the door has to put one on.

And know how to tie it -- that's the other thing.

-Yeah. So it's classy, but it's also dressed down.

It's both. You know how to do it.

Today is James Bond Day. -That's right.

-There's no better way to celebrate

than with James Bond himself. I'm honored.

Thank you so much for coming. -Pleasure is all mine.

-Oh, please. -Thank you for having me.

-It was announced on Friday that the release of "No Time to Die"

is now being pushed till the spring.

And I have a question for you. Be honest.

Is this just because you want to be James Bond

for a few months longer?

-Just eke every second I can out of it.

-Yeah. -Here's the deal.

This thing is just bigger than all of us,

and we just want people to go and see this movie

in the right way and safe way.

You know, cinemas, you know, all around the world

are closed at the moment, and we want to release the movie

at the same time all around the world,

and this isn't the right time. -Yeah.

-So, you know, fingers crossed,

April 2nd is going to be our date.

-It's such a big film. -Yes.

-And all of these Bonds are,

but they have been ever since you took over 15 years ago.

They're just the most insane --

Every movie would top each other with the next one.

And I'm just like -- You know, some people go like,

"Oh, my gosh, why wouldn't you just want that gig forever?"

I'm like, "Because it's hard work. It's crazy."

-You know, I mean, there comes a time where, you know --

I've given it everything I can.

I'm so glad that I came back and did this last one.

We had lots of loose threads that we hadn't tied up,

and the story, it just didn't feel complete.

And I just was so --

You know, I needed a break, I'll truly admit it.

I just needed to kind of get my head away from it for a while,

and once I had and we started talking about story lines

and things that we could do and where we could take it,

I was like, "Oh, look, I'm in. Let's do one more

and try to sort of, like, finish the story."

We started the story in "Casino Royale,"

and actually we've kind of been very -- You know.

I think we very successfully kind of continued that story

all the way through.

And this was the chance to just round it off.

-Do you remember when it was formally announced?

You can take it off. Sure, sure. Take it off. Yeah.

Do you remember when you were formally announced

as the next James Bond, when it was official?

-Yeah, I mean, I will never forget any of that time.

It was some of the most exciting, dramatic --

all of the things -- time of my life.

I was in -- God.

When it was officially announced --

That's just now I think it was officially announced,

like, 15 years ago, like this week or something, or next week.

-Yeah, it is. Yeah. -But I was in Baltimore

filming with Nicole Kidman.

And Barbara Broccoli,

the producer of the Bonds,

one of the producers of the Bonds,

phoned me up and just said to me, "Over to you, kiddo."

-Oh!

-But this is the thing.

You know, I was in Baltimore. I had a night off.

I had a day off the following day, and I was like,

"Well, what am I going to do? I can't tell anybody."

I couldn't tell anybody because it was like --

She said, "Don't tell a soul.

Don't tell your family. Don't tell."

So I'm like...like --

So, I was in Whole Foods supermarket

literally with a shopping cart

with deodorant and washing liquid

and, you know, doing my weekly shopping.

So, I literally pushed that

like, you know, down an aisle like that,

and walked into the liquor section.

I bought myself a bottle of vodka, a bottle of vermouth,

and a shaker and a glass.

And I went back.

And this is the thing. You may not believe this.

I'd never had a martini before.

I'd never mixed myself a martini, ever.

I'd never actually drunk a martini before.

I kind of understood what it was,

and I was like, "Okay. I'm going to give this a go."

People talk about -- It was in Chicago I think

when I was doing "Road to Perdition"

when people were drinking martinis --

the first time I'd ever seen a proper martini.

And I did actually taste one.

Then I went, "This is just vodka."

And they went, "Yeah." I said, "Very dry."

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

-Yeah, it's so dry that it's just actually vodka.

-It's just a glassful of vodka! Let's be honest.

So I did half a bottle and stumbled to a bar in Baltimore,

of which there are many really many good bars in Baltimore.

-Yeah, I love Baltimore.

-If you put a gun against my head,

I couldn't find the bar again, I was so drunk when I got there.

And I sat and I must have drunk another three martinis

at the bar. And the guy -- I must have been smiling.

I just must have been, like, from ear to ear.

And the guy kept on saying, "What's going on?

What's going on? You're in a good mood."

I said, "Listen, you wouldn't [bleep]

believe me if I told you."

-He's like, "This guy's crazy, man.

What is -- He's just laughing going, 'I'm James Bond!'"

-I must have literally -- I must have been...

I can't imagine. I must have looked crazy.

I mean, the fact he even spoke to me was probably, you know --

-But what a tough thing to keep secret.

And you're just like, "Oh, my gosh."

But, I mean, there is one person you did tell,

which I love this story.

You told your mom.

-Yeah, of course. I mean, you know, I did.

And then she got -- Yeah, that's right. Yeah.

I told my mother, and she then got done by the press.

Because she is very tight-lipped.

But, of course, she got a phone call from "The London Times,"

who basically said, "You must be very proud."

And she was like, "Well, of course I'm proud."

And then that's it. -That's all they needed.

-Daniel Craig's mum announces Bond.

-Confirms it. -Which is not actually,

when you think about it, not a bad way to get announced.

Is it, really? -Everyone is going to be

asking you about what you will miss most about being Bond.

I was going to ask you, what's the one thing

that you won't miss at all about being James Bond?

-Um, I don't get out very often,

but sometimes I will be somewhere,

maybe in a hotel lobby or somewhere,

you know, where there's a bar maybe.

It can be literally 9:00 a.m. in the morning.

And a martini will be shoved in front of me.

And I'm like --

Back in the day, there may be a time

when a 9:00 a.m. martini may have been a kind of nice thing.

But just -- I'm just not. They don't go down so well now.

9:00 a.m.?

I love a Martini, but 9:00 a.m. is a bit tough.

I won't miss that.

-We have an exclusive clip from "No Time to Die"

that we're premiering right here when we come back.

I've actually never even seen it yet.

It's a special link. So I'm freaking out.

Thanks for this. Stick around, everybody.