My agent called me up and said, 'There is a tremendous female lead in the new 'Star Wars' film, and I think you're really going to like it.' The opportunity to play someone determined, who's trying to find her skills as a leader; to be in a fantasy movie; to be able to do a leading female role in a film of that scale - that's very, very rare.

I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.

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