Boyega: "Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth."

Boyega: "I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me."

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

Boyega: "In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles."

Boyega: "Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all."

Boyega: "It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers."

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

Boyega: "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."

Boyega: "I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful."

Boyega: "You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good."

Boyega: "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."

Boyega: "There's a difference between living somewhere and being part of somewhere."

Boyega: "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."

Boyega: "I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly."

Boyega: "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."

Boyega: "I'm having so much fun, because you know what? They cast a Star Wars fan in a Star Wars movie."

Boyega: "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."

Boyega: "In this life, it's not hard to do wrong."

Boyega: "All the films I've done have had a secret commentary on stereotypical mentalities."