Carrie Fisher Quotes
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I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.
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I mean, most fun things are bad for you in one way or another.
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A lot of the time, I'm just smart enough to be unhappy.
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I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.
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I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.
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And when you're young you want to fit in. Hell, I still want to fit in with certain humans, but as you get older you get a little more discriminating.
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I mean, for years [my father] would been doing everything imaginable ... from speed to downers to you name it. I used to call that "changing seats on the Titanic," and I used to say that I myself was not only changing seats on the Titanic but dating the crew.
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There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.
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I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.
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Meg Ryan was nice [ in When Harry Met Sally] ... the writing was good ... but it was really kind of a boy's club, I mean, there was Bruno Kirby, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal - talk about your testosterone trio!
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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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The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.
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The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.
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I feel so agitated all the time, like a hamster in search of a wheel.
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There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.
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I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.
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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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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
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I like that - the "you-ish" character.
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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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What worries me is, what if this guy is really the one for me and I just haven't had enough therapy yet for me to be comfortable with having found him.
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I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!
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You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.
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I always think of Meryl [Streep] for everything now. There really aren't many actresses around who are truly lucid the way she is.