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.'

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• Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

  

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• I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

  

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• I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.

  

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• I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.

  

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• If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.

  

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• And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.

  

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• I never got into politics for it to be a career.

  

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• I'm no producer's kid.

  

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• The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.

  

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• I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.

  

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• My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

  

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• The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

  

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• I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.

  

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• I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.

  

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• Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

  

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• The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope.

  

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• The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

  

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• In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.

  

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• 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
  • Why
  • Character
  • Man