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" In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles. "
John Boyega
Different
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Little
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" Who wouldn't want to be in 'Star Wars?' It'd be great. "
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" 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. "
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" My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies. "
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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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" 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 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. "
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" In this life, it's not hard to do wrong. "
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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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" I've been getting diverse roles. "
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" Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around. "
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" Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth. "
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World
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" I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful. "
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Remember
" Being robbed hurts - not physically, but from what it does to your pride. "
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" I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting. "
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Acting
" I love London. I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. "
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Fanatic
" My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English. "
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English
First
" I'd like to be in anything that tells a good story and has an interesting character. "
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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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" My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative. "
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Conversation
Tiger
" There's a difference between living somewhere and being part of somewhere. "
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Living
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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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" You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good. "
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" I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly. "
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