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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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Idris Elba
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 6
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Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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
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 US. It took three years to get the accent right.
Idris Elba
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 Elba
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
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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Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said.
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I get criticized for taking roles in films like Ghost Rider 2, but if you look at my résumé, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
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I tend to stay away from the comics.
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I try to fit in workouts whenever I can.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
Idris Elba
White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
Idris Elba
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
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
It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.
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
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
Idris Elba
The adrenaline feeling of jumping out of cliffs and bikes and all of that is very specific to the film. In 'Pac Rim' I'm not doing that so much. There isn't that touch stonework for me in it, but there is a lot of action.
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