Daisy Ridley Quotes

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.

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

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?

So many people look up to Jennifer Lawrence playing Katniss in 'The Hunger Games.' For them to look up to Rey and what she represents would be fantastic. She's a wonderful character ... The reason I love her so much is she does all the fun stuff. She fights, runs and protects herself and has an incredible emotional story.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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

I auditioned for this agency. I got an advertisement first, and then something else, which I got fired from. It was soul-destroying. And then the next thing I got, I thought was going to be my big break, and they cut the role. It was only the year that I started auditioning for 'Star Wars' when I really started getting roles.

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

I wasn't trying to fit into a thing ... it was not like I was like, 'Right, I'm the Han; I'm the Leia; I'm the Luke.' I was just like, 'Okay, I'm Rey, just trying to do me, just trying to do this scene, trying to do the right thing,' and I think that was a huge advantage because I think if not, it would've been a very different thing.

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

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.

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.

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

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