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Idris Elba

Idris Elba

British Actor

Born: Sep 6, 1972

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

Beach Years Going Jamaica Twenty Now

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't. Idris Elba

You Mine Some Networking Personalities Works

I tend to stay away from the comics. Idris Elba

Stay Tend Comics Away

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

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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

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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

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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.' Idris Elba

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