John Boyega
John Boyega
John Adedayo Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega is a British actor best known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film of the Star Wars series. Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role as Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth17 March 1992
somewhere
There's a difference between living somewhere and being part of somewhere.
epic lead people scripts
The scripts that I've been getting are of epic proportion. People want me to lead the big armies.
primary school secondary since trained
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.
goes happen hear normally positive southeast stay stuff tabloids
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.
careers dad formed fully smith unless
Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.
appreciation brothers
There is a level of appreciation for brothers and sisters in the hood.
audition bit freedom kinds
In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.
god manager remember telling
I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.
designs good jackets love
I love my jackets and good tailoring. I love the designs and the colour.
love movies
I know my movies. I love my movies.
hard life
In this life, it's not hard to do wrong.
Being robbed hurts - not physically, but from what it does to your pride.
I'm a comic reader and a manga fan.
london love
I love London. I'm a London fanatic. That's my city.