Daisy Ridley

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

“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.”

“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.'”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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