In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.

People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.

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.

I'm an ambitious person. I never consider 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.

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.

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.

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.