Daniel Mays

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873 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2 Jun

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Great Company with Jamie Laing · DANIEL MAYS: I've Worked with Hollywood’s Biggest Stars But I Still Sometimes Feel Like an Imposter · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

Like there's Lambda and Central and Actors Center.

You didn't want to plan B. And I was like, if I'm going to go anywhere, I'm going to go to RADA.

And thankfully I got in.

Do you know what I mean?

But I was so – when I first got there, it felt like to me, like, God, they'd all been to – like, my year, they'd all been to uni, and they were so well-read, and they were so eloquent the way that they spoke.

And I just sort of clammed up, and I thought, I'm way out of my depth here.

And sort of – I remember doing, like, Shakespeare sonnet class with Bardi Thomas and, like, not being able to even –

over my mouth and feeling, feeling just so in fear and that imposter syndrome was kicking in.

And, and I got to the point where I was like, you know what?

This is a golden, incredible opportunity.

If you like, I mean, you're at RADA, do you know what I mean?

People would love to go here.

So strip the walls of it, trying to, you know, get as much out of it as you can and, um, kick the imposter syndrome thing into touch and just roll with it, you know?

I mean, it rears its ugly head every now and again.

I remember the first day on Thursday Murder Club with the brilliant Naomi Ackie in the scene.

But there was also Ben Kingsley, Piers Brosnan, Helen Mirren.

Vash.

Celia Imrie and I looked over at the monitor and Chris Columbus is directing it I was like it was a heavyweight first day you're saying you still get imposter syndrome I don't know that day I was like oh this is like you know Gandhi James Bond the Queen Whitney Houston I was like a little old me and I'm like hold on like you know um

But, you know, you're there to do a job.

And you use that to fuel the fire and go, yeah, all right, you're a bit nervous, but you've got to use it.

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