Idris Elba

I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.

I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.

Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

The adrenaline feeling of jumping out of cliffs and bikes and all of that is very specific to the film. In 'Pac Rim' I'm not doing that so much. There isn't that touch stonework for me in it, but there is a lot of action.