Top 22 Daisy Ridley Quotes

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

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

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 went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I’d be better. And I didn’t really do acting until later on in the school, with an amazing teacher. I left, went traveling, came back.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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