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Idris Elba: ‘The Less I Talk About Being Black, The Better’!
June 03, 2012Gossipwelove
Actor Idris Elba who recently received a spread in the June 2012 issue of British GQ in GQ magazine, had a sit down with Vulture and in the interview the actor quoted saying “The less I talk about being black, the better.”
The quote can be very misunderstood and will quite possibly set off a firestorm in the media. The entire statement that goes with the quote reads:
“I’m so bored of answering that. 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.”
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