Daisy Ridley Quotes

#1. It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

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#2. Sadly, people think a guy and a girl can't be friends without something romantic going on.

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#3. What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.

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#4. When I feel comfortable, I just like to sing and hum, and I don't even know I'm doing it. But sometimes someone will come over to me like, 'I love that song you were singing, but it's distracting.'

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#5. I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.

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#6. My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.

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#7. I liked 'Star Wars,' but I wasn't an uberfan like many people are.

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#8. I've never been one for crushing on famous people.

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#9. I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.

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#10. Goals are ever-changing. I didn't set out to be in a 'Star Wars' film but now I've been in one.

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#11. My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.

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#12. I can tell you that Rey is an incredibly brave young woman who starts off alone and encounters Finn, and they go on an amazing adventure, and she makes relationships she never could have imagined, and she sees things she never could have imagined.

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#13. I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And she's so tiny, and elegant, and she's just so small. Everyone's so much smaller than they seem.

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#14. I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I'd be better. And I didn't really do acting until later on in the school, with an amazing teacher. I left, went traveling, came back.

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#15. Carey Mulligan and Felicity Jones are two of my favorites. I'm not so much younger than them. I like that. It's kind of aspirational.

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#16. It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

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#17. Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.

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#18. Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.

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#19. Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and ... will people like it? Will they like Rey?

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#20. I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.

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#21. Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.

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#22. Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.

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#23. The thing about 'Star Wars' is that every single person is important. Even though Rey is a big role, everyone influences everyone. If that wasn't so, why would so many people remember Admiral Ackbar?

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#24. It's funny because the action figures are cool, and then I enjoy the magazines because that's me. Obviously, the fans are wonderful - they're so excited - but I'm not Rey, and people tend to not be able to differentiate the two.

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#25. I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.

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#26. I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.

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#27. I was actually sacked from my first job. It was at a workshop for a short film this poet had written, about when she used to work in a strip club. After the first week, I was told not to come back.

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#28. Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.

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