Kelly Marie Tran

I feel like I'm always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself.

— Kelly Marie Tran

I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.

— Kelly Marie Tran

You know who I was most nervous to meet, probably? Andy Serkis. I am such a huge fan.

— Kelly Marie Tran

So many people don't realise you need to be on a certain level of Maslow's hierarchy to have a dream: you have…

— Kelly Marie Tran

When you're really young, you tend to fall in love with characters. If you start seeing the same type of character everywhere…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I was a food tour guide - I took people on a tour to different restaurants in the area.

— Kelly Marie Tran

I still just sort of live my life the way that I was before. I don't know when I will feel that…

— Kelly Marie Tran

So much of me is because of what my parents experienced in this country. So much of me is because of the…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I believe if you can have an open dialogue about anything, whether it's a book or a movie or TV show, it's…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I do feel like my improv training has helped me throughout my entire audition process only because the idea of 'yes and-ing'…

— Kelly Marie Tran

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

I'm totally pro-porg! I would not eat a porg. They're so cute; you can't eat them. They're friends!

— Kelly Marie Tran

I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of…

— Kelly Marie Tran

It never felt like we were making a 'Star Wars' movie. It didn't feel like it was serious. It just felt like…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I'm one of those people where, if I get a piece of advice from someone I look up to and respect, I'll…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I knew what it was like growing up in a world where I never saw myself in anything.

— Kelly Marie Tran

I want to work with amazing filmmakers and tell important stories, and if I have to audition to do that, I will.

— Kelly Marie Tran

I think that Carrie is such an icon, not just as someone who played Princess Leia, but someone who was groundbreaking in…

— Kelly Marie Tran

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…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I truly did feel that I owed it to my parents, my grandparents, to do whatever it was that I wanted, because…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I think there are many ways to be brave and that being brave and vulnerable in terms of a romantic situation is…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I worked in an office. I was like an assistant. So, I would just answer phone calls, coordinate events. It was a…

— Kelly Marie Tran

When I'm driving past the place I used to work, or when I'm driving past the comedy studio where I used to…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I think a lot of times, in a lot of modern-day movies, a lot of things are CGI, but so much of…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I feel like 'The Last Jedi' is a lot of things that people aren't going to expect, which I think is a…

— Kelly Marie Tran