“I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.” WayCharacterDirectorsMediumsProducersOne Way Author:Idris Elba
“I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk into an audition, you have more to say for yourself because you come from the real world. It's more enticing for directors, I think.” ThinkingWorldRealActorsChallengesWalksDirectorsReal WorldAuditionsFull LifeEnticing Author:Idris Elba
“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."” WantHandsDirectorsExpertsDepartmentGradesPortionsCostumesLeather Author:Idris Elba
“The directors [who know every detail] make films that are complete, basically.” KnowsFilmDirectorsDetails Author:Idris Elba
“You’re directing a movie, but you are at the head of a ship of people, a whole fleet of people. And being able to manage that - being able to handle yourself as a director being a leader - that’s massively important.” PeopleImportantWholeAbleLeaderDirectorsHandleShipsManageBeing A Leader Author:Idris Elba
“One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.” FirstsDifferentCharacterStoriesJobsFoundFiveWeekDirectorsDeeperOperaCrewOngoingSoapJust LiveSoap Operas Author:Idris Elba
“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.” WayCharacterShowsBigsFilmImaginationDirectorsArgumentDumbRelateMy Imagination Author:Idris Elba
