Carrie Fisher Quotes

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Carrie Fisher

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 21, 1956

My comfort wasn't the most important thing - my getting through to the other side of difficult feelings was. However long it might seem to take, and however unfair it might seem, it was my job to do it.

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It really annoys me that I'm vain, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to discard that tendency.

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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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We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane. Everyone in L.A. says, 'Oh, you look good,' and you listen for them to say you've lost weight. It's never 'How are you?' or 'You seem happy!'

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I've been there for a couple of people when they were dying; it didn't look like fun. But if I was gonna do it, I'd want someone like me around. And I will be there!

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Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.

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I outlasted my problems.

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You can't find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well.

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I found out when I did the Oprah Winfrey show that there was a cookie jar of me. So she gave it to me. I had no idea prior to that that it even existed.

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That's why 'Star Wars' is appealing. You watch someone fight the perilous monster.

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I have been Princess Leia exclusively. It's been a part of my life for 40 years.

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What I've realized recently is that the difference between me and Mickey Mouse is, there's not a man that can go and say, 'Look, can you get me in any faster? I'm Mickey Mouse.' Whereas I can go in and say, 'Look, could you get me a table faster? I'm Princess Leia.'

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There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self.

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I don't like looking at myself. I have such bad body dysmorphia.

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In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of their day.

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I've seen pictures of myself with makeup on, and I look like those women who look like they're wearing makeup so they can look young, and I don't think that's good. They have all these products now called - wait, what's it called, it's my favorite - youth suppressant, or age go away; they don't work.

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Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.

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He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable.

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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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