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Daniel Craig seeks to end his Bond-age with 'Spectre'

Also in Tattle: James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson want you to hold your applause

With "Spectre" on the horizon, TimeOut London spoke with star Daniel Craig on his thoughts about playing 007 again.

"I'd rather break this glass and slash my wrists," Craig said. "No, not at the moment. Not at all. That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on."

Craig told the magazine there would be one reason he would agree to play the superspy in a fifth film. "It would only be for the money," he said.

As for who will be the Bond to follow Craig, he said he doesn't "give a f---."

But he did offer some advice.

"Don't be s---."

Yum, hot Danish

Fox News reports that Danish travel agency Spies Travel is trying to combat the country's declining birthrate with its second annual "Do it for Denmark. Do it for Mom" campaign, which encourages Danish parents and grandparents to pay for their adult children to take tropical vacations so they can get all hot and steamy and make more Danes.

Dear Denmark: Have you heard of contraceptives?

Don't give 'em a hand

When Tattle was a little boy, audience members waited until a song or show was over before they broke into applause.

At some point that changed and folks started applauding a few bars into the start of a song. ("Oh, I know this melody. Let me clap my hands.")

Then applause became a substitute for laughter. ("Oh, that comedian just told a hilarious joke. But instead of laughing, I will slap my palms together in appreciation.")

Now, applause has found another venue to be misused: the theater.

According to the Associated Press, James Earl Jones, 84, and Cicely Tyson, 90, are happy that theatergoers are excited to see them onstage together again (in D.L. Coburn's "The Gin Game"), but they're not happy that audience members start applauding when they first appear.

"It can be very distracting," Tyson said. Jones, seated beside her, agreed: "I wish there was a way for actors to kill it.

"I think the ideal is, you walk onstage and they're so rapt by what's happening to you that they don't think of you as an actor. They get lost themselves. That's home free, right there," Jones said. "That's what we all want. Forget the entrance applause, please."

That's also true when you read Tattle. Please don't applaud until after the last item.

OK. Now.

- Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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