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Black Quotes by Idris Elba
- The less I talk about being black, the better.
- Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you think it would be successful? Would people watch it?…
- The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.
- There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
- I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and…
- Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
- I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I…
- If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is…
- Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be…
- Im so bored of answering that. Are there differences between black actors opportunities and white actors opportunities? Yes, there are. Its been said. Id rather…
- I get these roles because I can act and thats it. Hopefully thats it. The less I talk about being black, the better.
More Black Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. — Diane Ackerman
- When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery… — Teresa of Avila
- Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s. — Dan Aykroyd
- It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over… — Erykah Badu
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
- The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. — James A. Baldwin
- Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. — James A. Baldwin
- The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. — James A. Baldwin
- They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be… — Afrika Bambaataa