Quotes from John Boyega


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You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.


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.


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.


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.


Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.


We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.


When I was in primary school, I was given a five-line script in 'Anansi the Spider Man,' and I decided to just improv and make it my own. For a second, I felt like Kevin Hart because everyone was laughing. I just continued to do it. Why not?


My friends and family are not really fixated on the specifics of 'Star Wars.' My parents don't know anything about 'Star Wars.' They've never watched a 'Star Wars' film.


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.


Despite that it's 'Star Wars' and how huge it is, it's still work to me, and that element of things grounds you, especially from nerding out a few times. Although, some days I can't control myself.


Finn is just a stormtrooper, and stormtroopers are no longer clones, so they are bred from birth to fight. He's not too sure about it, so he escapes and meets Rey and Poe and BB8, and their stories kind of mesh together, and they go on a major adventure.


You know, urban culture is fun; it's lovely.


Who wouldn't want to be in 'Star Wars?' It'd be great.


There is a level of appreciation for brothers and sisters in the hood.


The scripts that I've been getting are of epic proportion. People want me to lead the big armies.


The 'block' in 'Attack the Block' is not just a physical thing. It's people; it's families.


People of color and women are increasingly being shown on-screen. For things to be whitewashed just doesn't make sense.


My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.


Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'


'Junkhearts' is a great story.