Carrie Fisher Quotes
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Guys are great before you know who they are,' said Lucy. 'They're great when you're still with who they might be.
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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 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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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence.
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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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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 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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There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.
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I'd like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again - but with white hair. I think that would be funny.
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For Star Wars, they had me tape down my breasts because there are no breasts in space. I have some. I have two.
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All my life I've been seeing things through the culture. My father, for instance, was the press's bad boy. People really hated him. He was always a big flirt. He was always in trouble - going bankrupt, whatever.
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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
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Drugs made me feel more normal.
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There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
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I like birds and dogs. I'm allergic to cats.
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What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast.
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You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.
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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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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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Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their health. But it seems to be making a comeback. Just the other night I was at a party where people kept disappearing into the bathroom every few minutes. I'm glad I did all that in my 20s and that I'm done with it. And that I wrote about it in Postcards from the Edge.
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My mom is a little bit eccentric. I mean, she does - she has a lot of unique ideas. For example, she thought that I should have a child with her last husband, Richard, because it would have nice eyes.
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I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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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.