I've totally embraced it. I like Princess Leia. I like how she was feisty.

I have been Princess Leia exclusively. It's been a part of my life for 40 years.

[Princess Leia gets her first look at the Millennium Falcon] You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.

I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.

I overheard people saying, 'She thinks she's so great because she's Debbie Reynolds' daughter!' And I didn't like it; it made me different from other people, and I wanted to be the same.

My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.