Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. Idris Elba actorblackdifference Change image and share on social
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England. Idris Elba africaambitionblack share on social
The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it. Idris Elba americanbadbond Change image and share on social
Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica. Idris Elba beachjamaicatwenty Change image and share on social
The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less. Idris Elba budgetenglandexcellent Change image and share on social
There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't. Idris Elba fastminenetwork Change image and share on social
I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the U.S. It took three years to get the accent right. Idris Elba accentknowwant Change image and share on social
It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears. Idris Elba belldaddyfunny Change image and share on social
I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there. Idris Elba actambitionhave Change image and share on social