Words matter. These are the best Daniel Mays Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My son and I discovered Parkland Walk with the Beavers, a gem of a trail from Highgate to Finsbury Park in north London.
Kids have got such active imaginations and they’re scared of so many different things.
I like to be in character a good few hours before I arrive for filming.
Before filming I’ll be constantly thinking about my role at the back of my mind and slowly build up the intensity until I can explode on set. There is a very fine line between not quite getting there, and getting that bit too intense.
Ever since the commercial smash that was ‘The Full Monty’, we’ve always made films about underdogs. It’s something that embodies Britishness and that sense of community and people punching above their weight.
I think the great thing about ‘Ashes To Ashes’ is that it is very much its own show.
I went to stage school, I went to Rada, I’ve been in this London bubble for as long as I can remember, which is involved with being as inclusive and accepting of any people from different countries, different walks of life, different religion – that’s who I am.
I always liked ‘Doctor Who’ but I wasn’t a crazed fan when I was a kid.
I’d describe ‘Born to Kill’ as a ‘study in psychopathy’, it’s very much in the heads of our main protagonist, Sam, a young boy dealing with dark, twisted psychotic desires. It’s also a coming-of-age story.
White Lines’ is without a doubt one of the best, most imaginative, brilliantly bonkers scripts I’ve ever had a chance to work on.
My older brother’s a cricket groundsman, my other brother’s a salesman, and my younger brother’s a trader in the City.
You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant’aneously.
To a degree… you wanna make your way in the industry, so you kind of get what you’re given at first.
I’m just drawn to something that has a good story. ‘Outcasts’ didn’t do so well, but I really admired the premise behind the show.
I guess I’m always drawn to the underbelly of someone, really, as opposed to how heroic they are. I don’t judge those sorts of people.
I eat porridge all week, but Sundays are for something more exciting. I make a mean fry-up – to be honest that’s pretty much all I can cook.
It’s something I have always tried to do in my career – play outside the box.
I worked on ‘Line of Duty’ with Vicky McClure after she’d just finished the last series of ‘This Is EnglandI think the great thing about ‘Ashes To Ashes’ is that it is very much its own show. and I kept nagging her to find out how it ended.
When I was 13, I was a member of a women’s over-40s tap class.
I couldn’t believe how big Ben Affleck’s trailer was. It was like a spaceship – I remember thinking, I’d live in that.
Everyone’s got that dream of Ibiza, you’ve either been or you want to go, because it’s kind of got this mystical quality to it.
God, I’ve played a lot of policeman.