Unsurprisingly, Daniel Craig was intent on becoming an actor at an early age. In fact, Craig was already in love with the profession by the age of six (via Britannica). "I kind of fell in love with the idea of acting because [my mom] knew actors," he told Interview magazine in 2007 (via Esme).
While he would eventually join the National Youth Theatre when he was 16 (via Biography) and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Craig was also a sportsman. Raised in the British seaside town of Hoylake, Craig was a member of the town's local rugby football club — Hoylake RFC (via BBC News).
In addition to his love of rugby, the budding actor paid the bills by working as a waiter while performing — and touring — with the National Youth Theatre (via Cinenews) as a teenager. "I was full-on silver service, bow ties, and had to do cocktails and do the whole thing," Craig told NPR (via Female First). "I did that for years." Sounds like the ultimate training for playing 007.
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