Carrie Fisher Quotes
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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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My mother had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire.
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Finding the cutest guy in A.A. is like finding the cutest loony in the bin.
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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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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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Actors may know how to act, but a lot of them don't know how to behave.
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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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Leia follows me like a vague smell.
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Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
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I rarely cry. I save my feelings up inside me like I have something more specific in mind for them. I am waiting for the exact perfect situationand then BOOM! I'll explode in a light show of feeling and emotion - a pinata stuffed with tender nuances and pent-up passions
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Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is lying.
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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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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
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I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
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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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Generally someone will eventually tell you that you have to do something to help yourself.
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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence.
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I don't like my face. I don't like to look at it.
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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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We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English understands you. How they interpret you is something else.
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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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I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.
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Sid said that drugs weren't the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution.
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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.