Daniel Craig told Stephen Colbert that “I’ve been quite cagey,” “I’ve been doing interviews all day, and people have been asking me and I think I’ve been rather coy, but I kind of felt like, you know, if I was going to speak the truth, I should speak the truth to you.” referring to Colbert, The answer, of course, was yes. “I couldn’t be happier,” he said, and neither could Colbert, who exclaimed, “Hot damn!”
“I have to apologize to all the people I’ve done interviews today,” Craig said, and Colbert assured him, “You did the right thing.” He said he has been sitting on the news for “several months,” and that he always wanted to return to the role, though he “needed a break.” Colbert fact-checked him, noting he said he would rather slit his wrists than play Bond again, and Craig apologized for the “really stupid answer” he gave to a reporter two days after wrapping Spectre. Still, he said, this will probably be his last Bond film. “I just want to go out on a high note, and I can’t wait,” he said.