John Boyega Quotes
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Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.
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It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.
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The scripts that I've been getting are of epic proportion. People want me to lead the big armies.
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Finn doesn't have as much respect for Han's legacy as everybody else does, and Han finds that a bit charming. They team up and go on a mission together. The banter is very choppy, and the dialogue is pretty funny. Chewie enjoys the banter and the friction between the two, but they definitely have each other's backs.
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There is a level of appreciation for brothers and sisters in the hood.
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My stormtrooper suit would chip underneath the armpits and in between the thighs. So they had to do a lot of editing for my costume and shave some areas down.
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I love my jackets and good tailoring. I love the designs and the colour.
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Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.
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I watched season four of 'The Wire.' They have subtle performances that they do through their eyes. You could watch season four with the audio off and still understand what's happening through their eyes.
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I think 'Star Wars' always has to be bigger and bigger and better every time, and there's a great cast on 'The Force Awakens.' It's ground-breaking.
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It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.
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'Junkhearts' is a great story.
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You know, urban culture is fun; it's lovely.
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'Attack The Block' is an alien invasion film set in South London. It's about a group of kids who are some petty thugs, who have to find the hero in themselves, when they attack.
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I've been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school, which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry.
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I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me.
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Being robbed hurts - not physically, but from what it does to your pride.
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Normally you hear about Southeast London, and you hear about all the stuff that goes on down there, all the negative things, and the tabloids kind of stay away from all the positive things that happen that I see every day, which kind of outshines the negative.
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Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'
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In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.
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You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.
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People of color and women are increasingly being shown on-screen. For things to be whitewashed just doesn't make sense.
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I know my movies. I love my movies.
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I think for me, wearing the helmet and being part of the Stormtroopers felt so strange. Like, so this is what it feels like to just be one of the many. And to look the same, and to have to do the same thing. To be under the same orders. This is what it feels like.