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Idris Elba quotes: I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training. I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
Idris Elba quotes: There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character? There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
Idris Elba quotes: Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors. Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.
Idris Elba quotes: The less I talk about being black, the better. The less I talk about being black, the better.
Idris Elba quotes: Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
Idris Elba quotes: I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read. I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.
Idris Elba quotes: It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored. It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.
Idris Elba quotes: The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always. The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.
Idris Elba quotes: Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them. Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
Idris Elba quotes: There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't. There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
Idris Elba quotes: You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol. You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
Idris Elba quotes: Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica. Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica.
Idris Elba quotes: 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 with. 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 with.
Idris Elba quotes: Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album. Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
Idris Elba quotes: I try to fit in workouts whenever I can. I try to fit in workouts whenever I can.
Idris Elba quotes: People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows. People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.
Idris Elba quotes: Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie. Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.
Idris Elba quotes: I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career. I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.
Idris Elba quotes: I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it. I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
Idris Elba quotes: Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape. Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
Idris Elba quotes: I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences. I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.
Idris Elba quotes: 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 million. At least then it was 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 million. At least then it was worth it.
Idris Elba quotes: I'm never shaken or stirred. I'm never shaken or stirred.
Idris Elba quotes: I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that. I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that.
Idris Elba quotes: Television, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another. Television, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another.
Idris Elba quotes: Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors. Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.
Idris Elba quotes: Every single film I've done, it's about the character. Every single film I've done, it's about the character.
Idris Elba quotes: I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am. I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
Idris Elba quotes: The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it. The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.
Idris Elba quotes: My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am. My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am.
Idris Elba quotes: I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there. I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
Idris Elba quotes: The audience loves it when you pay attention to details. The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.
Idris Elba quotes: I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now. I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.
Idris Elba quotes: 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 much as I can. 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 much as I can.
Idris Elba quotes: I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day. I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.
Idris Elba quotes: It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there. It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.
Idris Elba quotes: I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement. I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
Idris Elba quotes: I tend to stay away from the comics. I tend to stay away from the comics.
Idris Elba quotes: I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium. I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.
Idris Elba quotes: My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life. My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.
Idris Elba quotes: When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of. When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.
Idris Elba quotes: What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before. What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
Idris Elba quotes: I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public. I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba quotes: 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 want to earn my stripes. 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 want to earn my stripes.
Idris Elba quotes: I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the U.S. It took three years to get the accent right. I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the U.S. It took three years to get the accent right.
Idris Elba quotes: In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
Idris Elba quotes: People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore. People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba quotes: I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me. I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.
Idris Elba quotes: I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm. I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.
Idris Elba quotes: I would never be fearful of any character. I would never be fearful of any character.
Idris Elba quotes: I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy. I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.
Idris Elba quotes: Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source. Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.
Idris Elba quotes: When I was a kid, I thought it was tough. When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
Idris Elba quotes: I love working. I'm a workaholic and I'm really privileged for some of the jobs I get offered and so I just want to keep going. I love working. I'm a workaholic and I'm really privileged for some of the jobs I get offered and so I just want to keep going.

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