Quotes from Daniel Mays

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've become a lot more politicised because of Brexit.

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.

Sundays are a day for recuperation and family.

To a degree... you wanna make your way in the industry, so you kind of get what you're given at first.

Everyone's life is extraordinary if you look at it closely enough.

God, I've played a lot of policeman.

But the calibre of actors that they attract to come and do the guest leads on 'Doctor Who' is fantastic. You weigh it up, and in this series alone, there's Hugh Bonneville, Frances Barber, David Walliams. Toby Jones has done it.

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.

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

I like to be in character a good few hours before I arrive for filming.

I had gone from job to job up in London before 'Fisherman's Friends'.

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.

A lot of the work I've done has been about being very raw and open with your emotions.

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

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.

I think the great thing about 'Ashes To Ashes' is that it is very much its own 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 come from Essex, Buckhurst Hill, where Jade Goody was buried. My hometown will forever be known for that.

Kids have got such active imaginations and they're scared of so many different things.

White Lines' is without a doubt one of the best, most imaginative, brilliantly bonkers scripts I've ever had a chance to work on.

I certainly always do draw upon stuff in my life. You do that instinctively as an actor.

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

I couldn't believe how big Ben Affleck's trailer was. It was like a spaceship - I remember thinking, I'd live in that.