37 Quotes by Daniel Mays

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.

My older brother's a cricket groundsman, my other brother's a salesman, and my younger brother's a trader in the City.

My son and I discovered Parkland Walk with the Beavers, a gem of a trail from Highgate to Finsbury Park in north London.

I come from Essex, Buckhurst Hill, where Jade Goody was buried. My hometown will forever be known for that.

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'm a very placid human being. I don't want to kill anyone. I guess I have played a lot of bad people in my career, so frustrations or angst can come out in any given role.

When I was 13, I was a member of a women's over-40s tap class.

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.