I didn’t know there was this sort of immediate camaraderie that’s very intense when you make a movie because you’re all in this together. You tend to get really close to people really fast. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I feel like I’m always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I do feel like my improv training has helped me throughout my entire audition process only because the idea of ‘yes and-ing’ applies to everything. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I actually read ‘The Last Jedi’ before ‘The Force Awakens’ came out. It totally helped me, though! The idea of this franchise that I already knew was such a big cultural thing, I was sort of given this freedom to be honest with that character and not have this pressure of making her something else that we had already seen in this universe. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I’m totally pro-porg! I would not eat a porg. They’re so cute; you can’t eat them. They’re friends! Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
Growing up, I’ve always felt I was from two different worlds. I was born in the U.S., but my parents were born in Vietnam, and they raised my sisters and I with the parenting methods of the Vietnamese culture. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
So much of me is because of what my parents experienced in this country. So much of me is because of the things my parents overcame so that I could have the luxury of having a dream. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I think a lot of times, in a lot of modern-day movies, a lot of things are CGI, but so much of the stuff in ‘Star Wars’ is built and created by these artists. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
You search for images and stories and movies and music from people that look like you and sound like you and speak like you because you want to feel like, ‘Oh, if they can do it, so can I.’ There’s a little bit of that need for validation, especially when you’re younger and trying to look to someone to look up to. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I was working a full-time job but not having anything in my savings account at the end of the month because of my bills and because acting in the beginning costs money. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
