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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

There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character? — Idris Elba

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors. — Idris Elba

The less I talk about being black, the better. — Idris Elba

Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. — Idris Elba

I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read. — Idris Elba

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored. — Idris Elba

The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always. — Idris Elba

Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them. — Idris Elba

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't. — Idris Elba

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life. — Nicolas Cage

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

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

I try to fit in workouts whenever I can. — Idris Elba

Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica. — Idris Elba

People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows. — Idris Elba

You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol. — Idris Elba

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie. — Idris Elba

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

I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it. — Idris Elba

Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape. — Idris Elba

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

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

I'm never shaken or stirred. — Idris Elba

I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that. — Idris Elba

Television, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another. — Idris Elba

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors. — Idris Elba

Every single film I've done, it's about the character. — Idris Elba

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am. — Idris Elba

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

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

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

The audience loves it when you pay attention to details. — Idris Elba

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

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

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

It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there. — Idris Elba

I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement. — Idris Elba

I tend to stay away from the comics. — Idris Elba

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

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

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of. — Idris Elba

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before. — Idris Elba

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public. — Idris Elba

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

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

In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. — Idris Elba

People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore. — Idris Elba

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me. — Idris Elba

I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm. — Idris Elba

I would never be fearful of any character. — Idris Elba

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

Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source. — Idris Elba

When I was a kid, I thought it was tough. — Idris Elba

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. — Idris Elba