Top 70 Idris Elba Quotes (2024 Update)
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Idris Elba Quote: “I love to play different roles. That’s just the kind of actor I am.”

51. “I love to play different roles. That’s just the kind of actor I am.”

Idris Elba Quote: “What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven’t been before.”

52. “What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven’t been before.”

Idris Elba Quote: “I tend to stay away from the comics.”

53. “I tend to stay away from the comics.”

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

54. “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.”

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

55. “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 Quote: “There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?”

56. “There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?”

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

57. “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 Quote: “As much as it’s nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they’re not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.”

58. “As much as it’s nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they’re not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.”

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

59. “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 Quote: “There’s a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn’t.”

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

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

61. “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 Quote: “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?”

62. “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 Quote: “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.”

63. “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 Quote: “I’ll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it’s a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.”

64. “I’ll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it’s a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.”

Idris Elba Quote: “It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever – I don’t feel the pressure to be there.”

65. “It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever – I don’t feel the pressure to be there.”

Idris Elba Quote: “People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.”

66. “People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.”

Idris Elba Quote: “What I like about their films is that you actually feel the momentum of whatever they’re shooting. So, if someone’s falling out a window, it gives the opportunity to show what that might feel like.”

67. “What I like about their films is that you actually feel the momentum of whatever they’re shooting. So, if someone’s falling out a window, it gives the opportunity to show what that might feel like.”

Idris Elba Quote: “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.”

68. “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 Quote: “I don’t get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.”

69. “I don’t get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.”

Idris Elba Quote: “I would never be fearful of any character.”

70. “I would never be fearful of any character.”

Idris Elba Quote: “Every leading lady I work with, I’ll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.”

71. “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 Quote: “I’ve been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That’s just me.”

72. “I’ve been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That’s just me.”

Idris Elba Quote: “Apparently, Daniel Craig said I’d be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.”

73. “Apparently, Daniel Craig said I’d be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.”

Idris Elba Quote: “I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I’ve ever read.”

74. “I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I’ve ever read.”

Idris Elba Quote: “I’ve always been DJing; it’s just I’m making more of a push for it, making it more public.”

75. “I’ve always been DJing; it’s just I’m making more of a push for it, making it more public.”

Idris Elba Quote: “Every single film I’ve done, it’s about the character.”

76. “Every single film I’ve done, it’s about the character.”

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