You Watch Yourself Age And It's Hard

My Father Always Told Me That A Fool At 40 Is A Fool For Life.

I Come From An Era, In My World, Where You Just Had To Define Yourself As Who You Are And What You Do. I Happen To Be An Actor. I Happen To Be Someone That Loves To Act, That Also Likes Music, That Also Likes To Speak, And That Also Has An Opinion.

When I Look At My Body Of Work, I've Played A Lot Of Characters Who Are Morally Conflicted - 'i'm Right, No I'm Wrong, I Don't Know What To Do!' I Want To Play More Characters Who Don't Care As Much, And Who Aren't As Measured. They Are What They Are, No Apologies.

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

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."