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The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm.
~ Idris Elba
Album
Arm
Band
Culture
Deep
Every
Left
Live
Lyrics
Particular
Song
Tattoo
Train
Without
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The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.
~ Idris Elba
Always
Black
Change
Everything
I Love
Jeans
Love
Mainly
Only
Sneakers
Sort
The Only Thing
Thing
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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
Agent
Been
Cast
Character
Charming
Door
Get
Him
I Can
Just
Lives
Man
Me
Next
Next Door
Role
Room
Say
See
Themselves
Then
Think
Walk
Who
Why
Will
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There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
~ Idris Elba
About
Been
Big
Black
Character
Debate
Has-Been
Man
Play
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
~ Idris Elba
Mine
Networking
Personalities
Some
Works
You
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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.
~ Idris Elba
Argument
Big
Character
Director
Dumb
Film
Get
His
Imagination
Relate
Show
Shows
Someone
Then
Way
You
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Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica.
~ Idris Elba
Beach
Going
Jamaica
Now
Twenty
Years
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
~ Idris Elba
Been
Before
Excites
Goes
Me
Project
Really
Way
You
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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.
~ Idris Elba
Apology
Body
Care
Characters
don't Care
Know
Look
Lot
Measured
Morally
More
Much
Play
Played
Right
Want
Who
Work
Wrong
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When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
~ Idris Elba
Kid
Thought
Tough
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Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.
~ Idris Elba
Acting
Creativity
Music
Same
Source
Whether
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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
Actor
Been
Change
Forcing
Get
Hollywood
Hope
Long
Long Time
Matter
Money
More
Still
Time
Very
Very Long Time
Way
White
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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
Actor
Any
Cringe
Earn
Gradual
Hear
Know
Music
Say
Stripes
Time
Want
Yeah
You
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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.
~ Idris Elba
Actor
Been
Better
Bigger
Career
Feet
Film
Firmly
Goal
Know
Love
Mean
Opportunities
Stamped
Still
TV
Ultimate
Ultimate Goal
You
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You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
~ Idris Elba
Age
Feel
Hard
Like
Sex
Sex Symbol
Symbol
Watch
You
Yourself
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