Kelly Marie Tran

Kelly Marie Tran in 2017

Kelly Marie Tran (born Trần Loan, January 17, 1989) is an American actress best known for her role as Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

Quotes

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Star Wars Breakout Kelly Marie Tran on The Last Jedi and Kylo Ren’s Shirtless Scene" in Vulture (20 December 2017)

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Kelly Marie Tran thought she'd quit acting — then The Last Jedi put her dream into hyperdrive" in Entertainment Weekly (20 November 2017)

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Q&A: 'The Last Jedi' breakout Kelly Marie Tran on her whirlwind 'Star Wars' journey and Rose's future" in Baltimore Sun (20 December 2017)

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Star Wars Breakout Kelly Marie Tran on The Last Jedi and Kylo Ren’s Shirtless Scene" in Vulture (20 December 2017)

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Kelly Marie Tran thought she'd quit acting — then The Last Jedi put her dream into hyperdrive" in Entertainment Weekly (20 November 2017)

• 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.
  • As quoted in "Q&A: 'The Last Jedi' breakout Kelly Marie Tran on her whirlwind 'Star Wars' journey and Rose's future" in Baltimore Sun (20 December 2017)

• 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.