1. “You won’t know you got to the top until you got there.” ― Idris Elba
2. “Look whoever you’re talking to in the eyes. Don’t look away. Two reasons: you can tell whether they are lying. Also, so that they can see whatever you’re saying you mean and you can connect to that person.” ― Idris Elba
3. “Waking up in truth is so much better than living in a lie.” ― Idris Elba
4. “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
5. “The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.” ― Idris Elba
6. “I’m not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fall over and make a mistake. That often cripples people on the onset of getting into anything.” ― Idris Elba
7. “That’s the thing about people, they always find ways to surprise you.” ― Idris Elba
8. “Because I was big, I didn’t have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.” ― Idris Elba
9. “You wont know you got to the top until you got there.” ― Idris Elba
10. “Work hard, sleep less.” ― Idris Elba
11. “My definition of bad-ass is that I’m a force of nature and true spirit. I’m self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am.” ― Idris Elba
12. “I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.” ― Idris Elba
13. “Fear nothing. Do what you want to do, but be educated and intelligent and confident about it.” ― Idris Elba
14. “I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.” ― Idris Elba
15. “The other thing I think is important is to keep your head down.” ― Idris Elba
16. “It turns out that you make your own luck but you work hard to keep it.” ― Idris Elba
17. “Know what your target is, don’t guess it. if you don’t know what your targets are, you’re never going to get there.” ― Idris Elba
18. “I’m not a popular actor. I don’t necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.” ― Idris Elba
19. “Know what your target is, don’t guess it…if you don’t know what you’re targets are you’re never going to get there.” ― Idris Elba
20. “When you come from an underprivileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.” ― Idris Elba
21. “We’re all human beings. Experience is experience, let’s just be honest. Let’s not try and dissect suffering into a race, or whatever you want to calle it. We’re all human beings, one way or another. All races have gone through times that are challenging; that’s part of being a human.” ― Idris Elba
22. “I love working. I’m a workaholic and I’m really privileged for some of the jobs I get offered and so I just want to keep going.” ― Idris Elba
23. “When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.” ― Idris Elba
24. “I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.” ― Idris Elba
25. “Don’t just give yourself boundaries!” ― Idris Elba
26. “My father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.” ― Idris Elba
27. “I’m an ambitious person. I never considered myself in competition with anyone, and I’m not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, It’s just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I’m still on it and I won’t stand still.” ― Idris Elba
28. “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.” ― Idris Elba
29. “You get a reputation for answering phones, and all they do is ring.” ― Idris Elba
