Carrie Fisher Quotes
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The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.
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I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets.
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I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.
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I guess, as they say, I never acquired a taste for [caviar].
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Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.
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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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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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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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Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.
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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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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 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 probably have more male friends that talk about us in a way that doesn't thrill me. I sometimes get a bit surprised when females talk like that around men.
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A lot of times, people think they're the only ones that feel a certain way.
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The only one who didn't know was George Lucas. We kept it from him, because we wanted to see what his face looked like when it changed expression--and he fooled us even then. He got Industrial Light and Magic to change his facial expressions for him and THX sound to make the noise of a face-changing expression.
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[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it right after The 'Burbs.
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Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.
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As we all know, there is no underwear in space.
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I have a second dog, too, mainly for security.
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Kevin Smith is a very challenging conversationalist and Jay has many great stories.
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My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.
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I don't think 50-50 relationships exist. Men have an incredibly variety of options. It's much harder for a woman to do both things. I think traditional relationships work best.
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My mother is an immensely powerful woman.
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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.'