Carrie Fisher Quotes
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One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.
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All I can say is that when millions of plastic dolls of you are being sold each day and an equal number of teenage boys are masturbating over you each night, it's bound to do something screwy to your psyche.
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I went to drama college in England - the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London. I was there for not quite two years, then I got Star Wars.
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The parrots are great. They do something I refer to as "the Phone Call from Venus." They repeat all my phone conversations. It can very annoying - like having a lot of children in the house screaming.
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So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.
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Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.
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You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!
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He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead.
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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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My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.
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No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.
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I can like men who are a little light in the loafers.
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Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And LA is the 'What party?' capital of the world.
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Never love for me, only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.
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My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.
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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.
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I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.
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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
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I am not going to put my daughter under any sort of stresses.
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You're not famous until you're a Pez dispenser.
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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 think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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The message about sex and relationships that she had gotten as a child... was confused, contradictory. Sex was for men, and marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.
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Finding the cutest guy in A.A. is like finding the cutest loony in the bin.