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

Yeah, yeah.

It is.

I tell you what, the first ever...

performance thing i ever did was at primary school yeah i remember this now and um we put on a production or a stage show of 40 towers and i got cast as um i eventually got cast as basil 40 i didn't get i auditioned for basil 14 didn't get it sorry this is a primary school

Yeah, see how auditioned.

God, that sounds harsh, doesn't it?

Anyway, I didn't get it.

And a kid called Glenn Watts got the part.

And then Glenn was really naughty.

And they took the role away from him.

And I segued in and took the role of Basil.

I can't believe I'm telling you this.

And I can't believe I actually remember Glenn Watts.

It's amazing.

I can't tell you what I did last week.

Yeah, I remember Glenn Watts.

But I can distinctly remember going out on the stage and landing a joke and getting that sort of wave of laughter, that sort of acceptance.

And it's like a drug, isn't it?

It's like that adrenaline that it sort of...

gives you I mean it's the age old thing of like why do actors act like what makes a performer it is essentially standing on stage or in the middle of the room wanting everyone to sort of notice you in a weird sort of way that's what it's all about I mean it's a mad way to make a living really when you think of it on those terms

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