"Then I auditioned for this agency. I got an advertisement first, and then something else, which I got fired from. It was soul-destroying. And then the next thing I got, I thought was going to be my big break, and they cut the role.
"It was only the year that I started auditioning for 'Star Wars' when I really started getting roles.
“I was just like, 'Okay. I'm 'Rey', just trying to do me, just trying to do this scene, trying to do the right thing,' and I think that was a huge advantage because I think if not, it would've been a very different thing.”
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