United Kingdom, June 4 -- Ted Danson had a "full on anxiety attack" over his first television job.

The 77-year-old actor started his career on soaps with roles in 'Somerset' and 'The Doctors' in 1975, but he has described the soap world as the "scariest" job he's had to date.

He told Deadline video series 'The Actor's Side': "It was the scariest job I ever had, ever.

"My first day [on 'Somerset'], this was at NBC, I was hired to be the man about town, always seducing women, all this stuff.

"My first day, the night before, I had my - aged 24 in New York - nervous breakdown, no, but anxiety attack. Full on anxiety attack.

"I called this wise friend, going, 'I'm not, I just can't'. He went, 'Don't do that, don't cut your nose off - take...