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" 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
Want
Say
Music
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" 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. "
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" Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source. "
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" I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day. "
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Twitter
" I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still. "
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Journey
" The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always. "
Idris Elba
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Change
" I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture. "
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" I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
Idris Elba
Good
Rock
Haircut
" 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. "
Idris Elba
Special
Page
Me
" I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy. "
Idris Elba
Way
Fans
Man
" 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
Myself
Men
You
" I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy. "
Idris Elba
Sexy
Woman
Me
" I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now. "
Idris Elba
Bike
End
Love
" 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. "
Idris Elba
I Can
Tough
Young
" It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!' "
Idris Elba
Parents
Long
Business
" I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business. "
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Like
Business
You
" 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
Bond
You
Me
" 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
Way
Work
Culture
" 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
Good
Questions
Me
" 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
People
Say
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" The less I talk about being black, the better. "
Idris Elba
Black
Talk
Less
" I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can. "
Idris Elba
You
Like
Look
" Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them. "
Idris Elba
Nike
Obsessed
Sneakers
" People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore. "
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More
Expect
London
" I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up. "
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Two
Path
Everything
" I would never be fearful of any character. "
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Would
Any
Character
" I tend to stay away from the comics. "
Idris Elba
Tend
Away
Stay
" I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read. "
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Spider
Man
" It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored. "
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