Idris Elba Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I would never be fearful of any character.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Fearful

  FaceBook post by Idris Elba from Feb 08, 2012

• 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, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Imagination, Dumb

• The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Men, Thinking

  "The god in Idris Elba" by Afua Hirsch, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2011.

• When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Apology, Play

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

  Idris Elba

  Character, Men, Play

  "Idris Elba defends Thor film role" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2010.

• 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 that are simmering rage and calculated. There's a trend not to play anything that is opposed to that.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Mean, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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

  Character, Directors, Way

  "Idris Elba Isn’t Interested In Awards, He Just Wants To Keep On Working". Interview with Leigh Blickley and Jon Strauss, on.mtv.com. December 4, 2015.

• Every single film I've done, it's about the character.

  Idris Elba

  Character, Done, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.

  Idris Elba

  Jobs, Character, Directors

  Interview By Jon Favreau, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 4, 2016.

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