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You Quotes by Idris Elba
- There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film,…
- You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it.…
- Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles…
- I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done…
- I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if you will, characters…
- I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me.…
- I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way…
- As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working…
- I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as…
- There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
- What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
- Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I…
- You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
- Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would…
- I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but…
- 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…
- I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the…
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