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" People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore. "

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" 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. "

" I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read. "

" If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.' "

" I would never be fearful of any character. "

" When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies. "

" Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica. "

" I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm. "

" I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it. "

" I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public. "

" I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement. "

" I tend to stay away from the comics. "

" I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic. "

" In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is. "

" When I was a kid, I thought it was tough. "

" You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol. "

" The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it. "

" In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times. "

" Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. "

" I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training. "

" 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. "

" I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am. "

" I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through. "

" 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. "

" Every single film I've done, it's about the character. "

" Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them. "

" 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. "

" I have one of these bodies. When I was younger, I could never put weight on, and now that I'm a little older, there's a natural sort of chubbiness coming. But honestly, if I work out for a week, it drops off in no time. "

" Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that. "

" The less I talk about being black, the better. "