Daniel Craig says he won't leave his children an inheritance, thinks it's 'quite distasteful'

• Daniel Craig is one of Hollywood's biggest actors, having played James Bond four times so far.
• Craig was paid a reported $25 million for his upcoming fifth Bond movie "No Time To Die."
• But Craig won't be leaving his children any of his inheritance as he finds it "distasteful."

Daniel Craig is a pretty successful actor, having played James Bond in four movies so far with a fifth one coming up. In 2012 alone, the year "Skyfall" released, he grossed $951 million at the box office - the fourth highest of any actor that year.

But his children won't be left any of that financial success, it seems.

In an interview with Candis magazine, Craig said that he finds the idea of leaving one's inheritance to their children "quite distasteful" and therefore won't be leaving much to his kids.

"Isn't there an old adage that if you die a rich person, you've failed?" Craig said (reported via The Telegraph). "I think Andrew Carnegie [an American industrialist from the 1800s] gave away what in today's money would be about $11 billion, which shows how rich he was because I'll bet he kept some of it too."

Craig continued: "I don't want to leave great sums to the next generation. I think inheritance is quite distasteful. My philosophy is get rid of it or give it away before you go."

While Craig's exact net worth isn't confirmed at the time of writing, the actor was paid a reported $17 million for "Skyfall" plus box office bonuses. He was then paid a reported $25 million for starring in his upcoming fifth Bond movie "No Time To Die," which will be his last Bond movie.

Craig was also paid considerable amounts for other notables movies including "Cowboys & Aliens," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and "Dream House." He starred in the latter movie with his wife Rachel Weisz, who is a successful actor in her own right, having starred in "The Mummy," "The Mummy Returns," "The Favourite," and, most recently, "Black Widow." She also won an Oscar in 2006 for "The Constant Gardener."

Craig and Weisz have one daughter together, while they also both have one child with respective ex-partners, too. Craig and Weisz are famously private, which the Bond actor touched upon in his interview with Candis.

"It's nothing I should complain about really, because I also have huge benefits out of being who I am. But the fact is that privacy is a hugely important part of my life, and this being a… celebrity…makes me nervous, actually," Craig said. "There is a side of my life that I just choose not to share and not to discuss. I think people's private life is something private, and that's that."