I Wasn't Bad At School,

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.

I Get Criticized For Taking Roles In Films Like Ghost Rider 2, But If You Look At My Résumé, Dude, I've Mixed It Up As Much As I Can.

In Some Countries, No One Knows Who Idris Elba Is.

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.

Some Directors Hand Over Portions Of Their Movie To Their Head Of Department To The Point Where It's Like, "i'm Not Going To Talk To You About The Costumes, But I'm Going To Let You Talk To The Expert." Rather Than, "you Want To Talk Stitching, Let's Talk Stitching. You Want To Talk Grade Of Leather? Let's."