In terms of the timeline, ‘The Force Awakens’ came out in December of 2015. I got the role in November of 2015. I was auditioning and waiting to hear back when their marketing machine was everywhere. It’s like you’re going for something that’s so high stakes, and you try to remind yourself, ‘Okay, stop thinking about it,’ and it’s everywhere. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
My parents didn’t get to have a dream. Their dream was to live in a country where their kids would have choice. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I worked in an office. I was like an assistant. So, I would just answer phone calls, coordinate events. It was a great day job. I worked with amazing people, but obviously, whenever you are doing something that’s not your dream, you kind of feel like, ‘Oh, I’m on this grind.’ Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
My parents are refugees from Vietnam, so they didn’t grow up with ‘Star Wars.’ I don’t think they know what’s going on in the movie at any given time. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I think that Carrie is such an icon, not just as someone who played Princess Leia, but someone who was groundbreaking in that she was OK with being honest – brutally so, unapologetically so. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I was not on social media for a really long time because I was afraid of being seen. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
Even though ‘Star Wars’ takes place in another galaxy, a lot of the themes and things that characters deal with in terms of lessons that they’re learning are things that are completely relatable to real life. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
I think there are many ways to be brave and that being brave and vulnerable in terms of a romantic situation is one of the hardest things to do in real life. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
You get the initial script, and then things sort of change here and there, but the whole thing is this sort of mushy collaboration, which I love. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
Even if someone doesn’t like it, or just likes it for me, storytelling has been the one true love story of my entire life. Kelly Marie Tran Read Quote
