Carrie Fisher Quotes

I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.

I have no ambitions as an actress. I`m going to do a day`s work on Scream 3 (2000), but that`s all I can handle, a day`s work.

On her father`s gossipy 1999 autobiography: "I`m going to have my DNA fumigated."

I always wanted to do what my mother did - get all dressed up, shoot people, fall in the mud. I never considered anything else.

You can`t find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well.

Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we`re kind of cooked.

On merchandising for Star Wars: "I signed my likeness away. Every time I look in the mirror, I have to send Lucas a couple of bucks."

My father (Eddie Fisher) was a short Jewish man. My husband (Paul Simon) was a short Jewish man. Go figure.

Describing working with Harrison Ford on the original Star Wars (1977): Mark was 24, I was 19 and he (Harrison) was 33. He was like the big man on campus. You looked at him and you said to yourself, `He`s going to be a star.`

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.

I`ve got a lot of photos of me when I was very young at parties with celebrities, but I don`t really remember the people or when the photos were taken.

Leia is not a real character. She is more of a caricature, and is somewhat one- dimensional. It`s not really possible to write out a list of Princess Leia`s likes and dislikes. I do know her favorite color, though, it`s white. She wears white all the time. But that doesn`t help me much.

Describing the filming of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980): "Mark (Hamill) was off on Dagobah while Harrison (Ford) and I were were getting drunk in Cloud City."

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

You can`t find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence. People-pleasing, going on those interviews and jamming your whole personality into getting the job, ingratiating yourself to people you wouldn`t f***ing spit on if they were on fire.

Explaining why gaffer`s tape was sometimes used under her Princess Leia costume in Star Wars (1977): "As we all know, there is no underwear in space."

Instant gratification takes too long.