The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and thats really excellent – not high-budget movies, but movies none the less. – Idris Elba
Id rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and thats it. Hopefully thats it. – Idris Elba
I was cast in Thor and Im cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they dont look like me but there you go. I think thats a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think thats good. – Idris Elba
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and thats a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing? – Idris Elba
If you go to Sundance, the experience that Ive had there as a viewer is… theres like a hundred movies there, and youve got to figure out what movies are sold out, what can you see. Sometimes you go to see movies that you dont know anything about because it just works into your schedule. – Tim Heidecker