Idris Elba Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Actors, Want, Surprise

  "Idris Elba Talks PROMETHEUS, PACIFIC RIM, THOR 2, LUTHER Season 3, Preparing to Play Nelson Mandela and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 6, 2012.

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• The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

  Idris Elba

  Light, Long, Green

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

  Idris Elba

  Sex, Age, Watches

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• I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.

  Idris Elba

  Thinking, Looks, Levels

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• Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.

  Idris Elba

  Actors, Scripts, Used

  "Idris Elba Talks PROMETHEUS, PACIFIC RIM, THOR 2, LUTHER Season 3, Preparing to Play Nelson Mandela and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 6, 2012.

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

  Idris Elba

  Country, Elba, Knows

  FaceBook post by Idris Elba from Oct 16, 2013

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

  Idris Elba

  Character, Done, Film

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

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• Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.

  Idris Elba

  Football, Doubt, Bigs

  "Idris Elba: life after 'Stringer' Bell". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2010.

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• I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture, I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

  Idris Elba

  Black, Culture, Want

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

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

  Idris Elba

  Track, Personality, Networking

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• Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

  Idris Elba

  Blue, Black, Want

  "Idris Elba: The Man Who Is Luther, Was Stringer, And Could Be James Bond". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 28, 2011.

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• I try to fit in workouts whenever I can.

  Idris Elba

  Workout, Trying, Fit

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• I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk into an audition, you have more to say for yourself because you come from the real world. It's more enticing for directors, I think.

  Idris Elba

  Real, Thinking, Challenges

  "Idris Elba, No Stringers Attached". Interview with Amy Chozick, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2014.

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• I've never had to explain Prometheus to people, ever. Most people get it.

  Idris Elba

  People, Prometheus

  "Idris Elba: 'My film about Nelson Mandela is hands down the best'". Interview with Stuart Heritage, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2013.

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• I dont have a place that I call home at the moment because theres no point. I mean, Im a traveling circus for a while. Its weird. Like, if I wanted to go home, theres nowhere to go. I just go to a hotel. But Ive kind of gotten used to it.

  Idris Elba

  Home, Mean, Circus

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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.

  Idris Elba

  Riding, Used, Ends

  "Idris Elba GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE On-Set Interview". Group interview, collider.com. January 5, 2012.

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• I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.

  Idris Elba

  School, Bookworms

  "The Midas touch". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2009.

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• Nobody likes a celebrity DJ for the sake of style, so I don't do that - I try to be good at what I do. It's all about resetting, it's my escape. It is work, it's a job, but I just love doing it.

  Idris Elba

  Jobs, Style, Trying

  "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.

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• 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.

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• It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

  Idris Elba

  Important, Stories, Knows

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• There are things that I really find important, and that we need to remind ourselves of. When you think about disability, do you really think about it? Someone who's a full-time trainer or a boxer, someone who's got a major disability, but who doesn't let that get in his way, that's a really good message for someone who is able-bodied. It can make them think, 'Wow, I suppose I could be doing better for myself.'

  Idris Elba

  Thinking, Important, Disability

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• 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 to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!

  Idris Elba

  Writing, Long, House

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• It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

  Idris Elba

  Wire, Criminals, Ignored

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• What kind of role do you play after someone like Stringer, you know what I mean? You play another gangster. What’s the point of that? I’ve played the gangster. I try to keep it really varied; it just makes for more of a fun and interesting career.

  Idris Elba

  Fun, Mean, Play

  "Idris Elba, No Stringers Attached". Interview with Amy Chozick, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2014.

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• I wanted to be on American TV so much. I didn't park DJ'ing; I just sort of ended up becoming more of a studio guy. I had a bit more money and I could buy every little piece of equipment and drum machine that had just come out - I've got quite a collection now - and I continued to collect music.

  Idris Elba

  Guy, Machines, Pieces

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

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