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" Carrie Fisher will always be an icon as Leia, but also as Carrie. She will live on forever. "
Always
Icon
Will
" 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. "
Me
Love
True
" 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. "
Real Life
Galaxy
Learning
" I believe if you can have an open dialogue about anything, whether it's a book or a movie or TV show, it's this door that suddenly opens your mind to new ideas. "
Door
Mind
Book
" I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff. "
Stuff
Write
Direct
" I feel like I'm always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself. "
Love
Myself
Feel
" I feel like 'The Last Jedi' is a lot of things that people aren't going to expect, which I think is a good thing. "
Think
Expect
People
" I have a great family and great friends, and I think that they'll keep me grounded. "
Friends
Family
Think
" I knew what it was like growing up in a world where I never saw myself in anything. "
Growing Up
Growing
Like
" I'm one of those people where, if I get a piece of advice from someone I look up to and respect, I'll really listen to it. "
Look
Respect
People
" I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge. "
Experience
People
Love
" I still just sort of live my life the way that I was before. I don't know when I will feel that it's different. "
Life
My Life
Way
" I think anytime you go into anything that's different and new, there's a bit of fear. "
Think
New
You
" I think, as an actor, you create things for your character that you think will make it more personal to you, because on the day, you want to make sure that you're truly there in the moment. "
Think
You
Day
" 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. "
Think
Life
Brave
" It never felt like we were making a 'Star Wars' movie. It didn't feel like it was serious. It just felt like we were allowed to be creative and kind of goof off. "
Off
Kind
Serious
" I truly did feel that I owed it to my parents, my grandparents, to do whatever it was that I wanted, because if I wasn't happy, if I wasn't being true to myself, then I wasn't living fully. They had given up so much so that I could live at the level that so many people are just automatically born into. "
People
Happy
Live
" I wish that all different types of people of all races and all upbringings were all equally represented in this industry that influences so many people. "
People
Wish
I Wish
" 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.' "
Day
Great
Amazing
" My dad was a street kid for seven years - he was homeless. "
Years
Seven
Kid
" My parents are not of this world. I've had to work multiple jobs, been in a position where I cannot pay off student loans. "
Parents
World
Student
" 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. "
Star
Parents
Think
" There are so few times in life where you are passionate about anything. And I think that if you can find that, you should just hold on to it and protect it at all costs and just follow it, because it's so rare. "
Passionate
Life
Hold
" When I'm driving past the place I used to work, or when I'm driving past the comedy studio where I used to take photos in exchange for classes, or when I'm driving past the yoga studio I used to clean on the weekends - it's not that far removed from me yet. I get very sentimental over things like that. "
Place
Past
Comedy
" You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job. "
Good
Peace
Mind
" 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. "
Change
You
Love
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