John Boyega Quotes
My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.
Quotes to Explore
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Good comedy is ageless.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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'HIM' is much more of a British, coming-of-age series, while 'Stranger Things' is very obviously a sci-fi drama.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.
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At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
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Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.
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Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.
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The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him wobble, everybody gasps.
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My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.
