Idris Elba Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : "Harvey Weinstein and Idris Elba React to Nelson Mandela’s Passing". www.indiewire.com. December 5, 2013.
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“Television, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another.”
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“Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : Twitter post from Nov 11, 2011
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“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 actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they're not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : "Idris Elba Talks LUTHER Season 3, Luther’s New Love Interest and His Relationship with Alice, Exploring a Prequel Story, and Future Seasons". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 28, 2013.
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“I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that.”
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“The less I talk about being black, the better.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : "From Space to South Africa: Idris Elba on Prometheus and Playing Mandela". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. May 27, 2012.
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“Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.”
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“My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.”
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“People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.”
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“In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I would never be fearful of any character.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : FaceBook post by Idris Elba from Feb 08, 2012
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“I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.”
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“I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.”
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“I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.”
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“It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.”
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“The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.”
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“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 can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.”
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“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 that's it. Hopefully that's it.”
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“I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.”
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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.”
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“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 one man can be universally sexy.”
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“Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.”
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“Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.”
-- Idris ElbaSource : "From Space to South Africa: Idris Elba on Prometheus and Playing Mandela". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. May 27, 2012.
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“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.”
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“Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.”
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“Every single film I've done, it's about the character.”
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