Idris Elba Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 6, 1972

Topics

CharacterWalkManMeDoorThink

My mom was really of the belief that, as long as you were reading anything, it was okay. Just read.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

MomReadingLongYouBeliefOkay

Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I wanted to bring these things together, and in this first big Resurrection of mine you have a good example of this sort of thing.

Stanley Spencer

GoodTogetherMeMeaningYouFirst

I love doing research.

Tom Goodman-Hill

LoveResearchDoingI Love

A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.

Roger Ebert

WomenAgeThinkLoversUpAttract

I do not separate my job and my personal life; therefore, I never work and never rest.

Roustam Tariko

LifeWorkJobRestPersonalNever

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

Michael K. Williams

ChoicesBadMy OwnBad ChoicesOwn

It's just a given that women are working and are ambitious and have things they want to accomplish, and that stymies the amount of time they have to look around for a perfect guy.

Jordana Spiro

WomenTimeAccomplishPerfectLook

'A great British icon' is not the phrase I'd use about anybody, but there are people you admire that happen to be British. I think it's a phrase that gets attached to anyone who's been around long enough to become overfamiliar.

Colin Firth

GreatPeopleThinkEnoughLongYou

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

Bryan Cranston

WrongKindOppressionCivil Rights

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

Arthur Henderson

DriveNationalismEconomicOnlyPart

When it comes to the ratings, I don't know what the rating system is. So when it comes to me, I've learned, with the little experience that I have, that when I feel really good about a movie in the editing room, it works. And when I've felt like a movie wasn't working, it didn't work.

Tim Story

WorkGoodExperienceMeFeelKnow

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

Tom Brady

RespectPeopleThinkYouGoKnow

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