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Idris Elba

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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the...
IDRIS ELBA I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way ...
AVICII In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
IDRIS ELBA I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that'...
KARRINE STEFFANS I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.
DONALD TRUMP If I'm DJing a show, I will normally wear the designer I'm DJing for; if I'm DJing a par...
CHELSEA LEYLAND I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a l...
MAYER HAWTHORNE The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've...
DOUGLAS ADAMS I grew up hunting and fishing. I've always been into archery. I've always been into cars... ...
PAUL WALKER I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK,...
A.J. STYLES I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to hav...
KUNO BECKER Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes...
SHILPA SHETTY I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm jus...
PHILLIP PHILLIPS I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorou...
AVICII Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been some...
BRAD PITT It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you&...
TAYLOR LAUTNER Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn....
SAMANTHA MORTON I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me.
ROBERT METCALFE I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, an...
ILLEANA DOUGLAS I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encou...
JOEL OSTEEN I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exce...
EDDIE MURPHY I love working in New Zealand. It's just the most beautiful country I've ever been to.
GRANT BOWLER I've always been a bit dressed up, even on casual days. I suppose that's the performer in me...
DANIELLE DE NIESE I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants...
JANET JACKSON I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's ...
A.J. STYLES There's no master plan; I'm just going with what I'm inspired to do and what I get asked...
NAT WOLFF Most of the films I've tried to make I've ended up making. And they don't necessarily go...
DAVID MACKENZIE I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've ju...
YVETTE NICOLE BROWN Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I...
CHARLES DE GAULLE The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I&...
MICHAEL HIRST It's not really that I've been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, it's just t...
LESLIE NIELSEN I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - c...
RAMI MALEK When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the mo...
ALEXIS ARGUELLO What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which i...
ALFIE ALLEN It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i...
D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivate...
GARRETT HEDLUND Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was alway...
NATHAN LANE People don't realize enough how important and influentical John Carpenter has been in electronic...
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.
JAMES MACARTHUR I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES My acting coach I've got here, Richard Lawson, he's been doing good, just telling me to calm...
KEVIN DURANT It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just ...
LONI LOVE Driving will never be away from me - I can't just give it up. It's all I've ever done, a...
JIMMIE JOHNSON I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that i...
MELISSA ROSENBERG The thing I get the most that I really love is that people don't so much mention films I've ...
RITA MORENO I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice...
LEIGHTON MEESTER I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been di...
STANLEY CLARKE I've been a married man most of my life; that's the way I like it.
PIERCE BROSNAN Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I'v...
GIORGOS SEFERIS From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've lear...
ALICIA KEYS I've mostly been a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.
JIM O'HEIR I obviously enjoy being wealthy. It's enabled me to have a career that I've chosen and not o...
JAMIE JOHNSON Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. ...
CARL LEWIS I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it...
MATT MCGORRY I've been dumped hard. My heart has been broken and shattered, and I've also been on the oth...
ALLISON WILLIAMS If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more imp...
ZOE SALDANA There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most cre...
FLUME Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by.
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff th...
ERROL MORRIS My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I w...
RAFE SPALL I've made my records and I've done all the interviews. I've done lots of long tours. I&#...
FRANK BLACK For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I'v...
STELLA MCCARTNEY I've been camping and stuff, but if you left me in the woods I'd probably just curl up and c...
NORMAN REEDUS I want to fall in love, I think. I've never. I know. Everyone I know's been in love or in re...
CARA DELEVINGNE For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppab...
KIRK CAMERON I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've...
KEVIN COSTNER I went to school, but nobody really noticed me. I just came to school, didn't dress up or anythi...
BRYCE HARPER People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had gu...
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.
SCOTTY MCCREERY I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been ...
RYNE SANDBERG But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really im...
JANE LYNCH People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X...
SPIKE LEE I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
EDEN SHER I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'
DOLLY PARTON People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's...
BOBBY BOWDEN If I end up hosting 'Joker's Wild,' please shoot me.
ANDERSON COOPER Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.
ERIC BRISTOW I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they...
JOHN LYDON I've been very hands-on with everything I've done since I had my children. And it's just...
BRITNEY SPEARS There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more c...
CHRIS ROBINSON Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've a...
DEMETRIUS SHIPP, JR. I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very...
BEV PERDUE DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us t...
NAS I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been t...
ANDREA BOCELLI It's not easy keeping a diary. You have to be pretty committed.
KARL PILKINGTON It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the...
YVONNE STRAHOVSKI I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's ...
BRYAN ADAMS The game's been good to me and I hope I've been good to the game. I'm 50 years old and I...
EVANDER HOLYFIELD Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowe...
RICK DANKO Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been ...
MARC JACOBS I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because ther...
JASON RITTER It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play...
GAINES ADAMS I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
SAMUEL L. JACKSON I've always been ready to embrace what's around the corner because it might be just the thin...
DAVE DAVIES I've been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and produc...
OREN PELI I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand...
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