mummiesandlightsabers:

You say you try not to watch anything you’ve done. Does that apply to the “Star Wars” movies too?

“Star Wars” is a little different. There’s such a visual thing going on, especially with the first one where they were like, “Trust us. There’s space behind you. Trust us. Your lightsaber looks like this.” So I needed to see how it would come together.

What was it like watching that?

I was very numb. The first time I saw it was with Carrie Fisher and Daisy Ridley and Carrie’s dog, Gary. And you don’t know how to feel. You’ve been working on it for so long and thinking about it for so long. That’s one of the many reasons I try not to watch anything. To really absorb it, I feel like you’ve got to watch it a lot to think that it’s not you there doing it. To look at the story and not just all the mistakes you made. But I was very numb. It was a lot to take in.

Then, I saw it again at the premiere. I had never sat in the audience of a premiere of a movie I was in before. Something like that, because I knew what was coming up, the Han scene, I was very sick to my stomach, very pale, cold, waiting for it just to be over. Then, the response was so nice. It was a very memorable, crazy night.

What about “The Last Jedi”? Did you see that?

I did. I didn’t have to almost puke that time. I feel like I’m making progress.