John Boyega Quotes
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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My full name is E.G. Marshall. I am known by no other.
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The fact that we're living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws - to maybe somehow put a dent in some of this insanity that's happening - and yet there's no further legislation taking place, it's very frustrating and upsetting.
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I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?
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I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.
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I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate.
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I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.
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If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.
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I can remember on the first day on 'Chatroom,' it was just one scene for the whole day, which was a really nice luxury to have.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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In fact, contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
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The moral systems of religion, I think, are superimportant. We've raised our kids in a religious way; they've gone to the Catholic church that Melinda goes to and I participate in. I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.
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I'd sing with Roberta Flack in a taxi if you called up and said she'd be in it.
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The truly erotic sensibility, in evoking the image of woman, never omits to clothe it. The robing and disrobing: that is the true traffic of love.
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When I got home from school, I never knew which mood of my mom was gonna be on the other side of the door. I didn't know what I was gonna get when I turned the doorknob. That's very good preparation if you want to be a producer.
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Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation.
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I've been getting diverse roles.
