I Knew That If I Wanted To

I Was Into Spider Man When I Was A Kid And That Was The Only Comic I've Ever Read.

The English Are Good At Bad Guys - The James Bond-style Villain, Cunning, Slow-burning. The Americans Are Much More Obvious About It.

I've Got Two Smoking Guns That Just Look Incredible, And I Love To Pull Them Out Whenever I Can.

I'm Rebelling Against Being Handed A Career, Like, 'you're The Next This; You're The Next That.' I'm Not The Next Anything, I'm The First Me. I Can't Be Myself, I Can't Just Be Idris Elba. But That's Just The Nature Of The Business.

Even When I Went To America I Didn't Work For Four Years. It Wasn't Like I Came To New York And It Was The Land Of Milk And Honey. It Was Just As Much Of A Hard Graft. But There's A Lot More Opportunity Nowadays Across The Board For Actors, No Matter What Color You Are, With The Internet And Small Productions.