Idris Elba quotes - page 2

You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it. But my opportunities have been bigger and better. (Idris Elba)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol. View quote
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I try to fit in workouts whenever I can. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public. View quote
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The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm. View quote
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. View quote
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will. View quote
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape. View quote
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Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica. View quote
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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. View quote
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I tend to stay away from the comics. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every single film I've done, it's about the character. View quote
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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. View quote
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Idris Elba

Idris Elba - Image
Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: British Actor
Born: September 6, 1972
Quotes count: 67
Wikipedia: Idris Elba

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