Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.

I really think it's important that my beliefs don't impinge upon what you get from the movie. It's your opinion that matters and it's far more interesting than mine.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction.