Quote by Idris Elba

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…

— Idris Elba

It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get…

— Idris Elba

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…

— 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…

— Idris Elba

Why work so hard to have a life...But kill ourselves to earn a living?

— Idris Elba

I just played indoor football for the first time since tearing my Achilles playing the same game...I'm HEELED!!! Get it!!??.

— Idris Elba

I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone…

— Idris Elba

If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20…

— Idris Elba

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

— Idris Elba

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…

— Idris Elba

The people that matter to me don't mind who I am and the people that mind, don't matter.

— Idris Elba

As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of…

— Idris Elba