Carrie Fisher quotes

Carrie Fisher was an American actress, writer, and mental health advocate, world-famous for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars saga. Her candid humor and openness about her struggles with addiction and bipolar disorder broke taboos in Hollywood and inspired many. She is remembered as a beloved icon, whose wit and honesty left a lasting impact on entertainment and culture. Here are 99 of her quotes:

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

Carrie Fisher

Actually,I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir.

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The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.

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I Googled myself without lubricant. I don't recommend it.

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I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

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If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

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I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.

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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'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.

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Sometimes I think all I want to find is a mean guy and make him be nice to me. Or maybe a nice guy who's a little bit mean to me. But they're usually too nice too soon or too mean too long.

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I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!

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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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Mostly, you write a script and someone's gonna rewrite you. They get hundreds of-not hundred but they get ten writers to write something. If you have a big budget, you can go and get a lot of people to write on script .... I just actually heard that somebody said, 'Well, your screenplay got bought and now someone like Carrie Fisher will come in and rewrite you.' And I feel terrible, you know, because that's not what I mean to do. My idea was never to raid something and trash it, you know. ‘Cause that – that's more work for me!

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Look,' he said, 'I don't think we should continue this discussion. I don't like this side of you.' 'I'm not a box,' she said 'I don't have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it.

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You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously.

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There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.

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You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?

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Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

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Oh! This'll impress you - I'm actually in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Obviously my family is so proud. Keep in mind though, I'm a PEZ dispenser and I'm in the abnormal Psychology textbook. Who says you can't have it all?

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Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

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From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?

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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.

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