Carrie Fisher Quotes
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There are women in makeup and hair and wardrobe, but not in camera, not in sound, you know, and not in special effects. It's all men.
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I used to want to gamble, too, until I was 20 and could actually go to a casino. Then I wasn't so crazy about the attitude.
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Until adolescence I thought I had the best mother in the world. Such a graceful mother. I had this fantasy that I was the wrong daughter.
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I think that now most people know someone in their family that is coping with something, but there is still a tremendous amount of shame - that one is still regarded as a defective unit ... if only they would pull up their bootstraps - they are only indulging their emotions, everybody's moody, blah, blah, blah.
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I was telling some people in my dressing room some of my other stories, my psychotic break, and blah, blah, blah, and no, they kind of look at you and it's just not what they wanted to hear.
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I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets.
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You can't really accurately diagnose someone, I think. Or I've been told that.
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I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I can pretend it's someone else at another time.
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A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.
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Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.
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I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.
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Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.
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Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread.
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I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.
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A lot of times, people think they're the only ones that feel a certain way.
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Sometimes I think all I want to find is a mean guy and make him be nice to me. Or maybe a nice guy who's a little bit mean to me. But they're usually too nice too soon or too mean too long.
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I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'
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I still give my friends relationship advice, of course, and I'm not bad at it. 'Anyone's crisis but mine' is my motto.
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Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.
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I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.
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Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports.
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I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.
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I have a second dog, too, mainly for security.
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[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it right after The 'Burbs.