Idris Elba Quotes

Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.

Idris Elba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleTelevisionDarkMoreSeeUs

I'm one of those people that makes a better adult than I did a kid.

Mayim Bialik

PeopleBetterKidAdultThanDid

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

Robert Goulet

DayLunchDinnerEatMealOnly

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

Stanley Marcus

BestYouSometimesGetDemand

Location is all about the efficiency of work for me.

Michelle Grabner

WorkMeEfficiencyLocationAbout

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

Mo Collins

TeacherMeShyKidImprovGot

Movies don't sit in the theaters for an entire summer like they did in 1982. Now you've got a two- or three-week shelf life so you need to have that awareness right off the bat. And in order to make a lot of people know about your movie, you need to be out there banging the drum and showing your stuff.

Joseph Kosinski

LifePeopleYouSummerKnowMovies

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.

Jonathan Dee

BetterGetting BetterFeelLearn

I have one room off my kitchen filled with nothing but cookbooks and recipes that are sent to me from around the world. Every two years, I have to go through them and pick out ones to send to the local schools. There's a need for books, especially cookbooks.

Johnny Mathis

MeWorldKitchenGoNothingNeed

One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.

Boris Yeltsin

TodayTimeWritingYouI CanNow

I'm not a gay rights activist.

ASAP Rocky

GayRightsGay RightsActivist

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

William Makepeace Thackeray

LightShineWindowEvilPersonLike

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.

Prince

TruthBetterYouSayEveryoneTell

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