Explore Quotes by Carrie Fisher

People want me to say that I'm sick of playing Leia and that it ruined my life. If my life was that easy to ruin, it deserved to be ruined.

There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.

I have a harder time eating properly than I do exercising. It's easier for me to add an activity than to deny myself something. And when I do lose the weight, I don't like that it makes me feel good about myself. It's not who I am.

If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's my word for it.

I waited for my daughter, Billie, to come to me with her troubles - but I'm glad I didn't hold my breath.

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

Writing is a very calming thing for me.

I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that.

I fear dying. Anything with pain associated with it, I don't like.

I always kept a diary - not a diary like, 'Dear Diary, we got up at 5 A.M., and I wore the weird hair again and that white dress! Hi-yeee!' I'd just write.

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

Some of my memories will never return. They are lost - along with the crippling feeling of defeat and hopelessness. Not a tremendous price to pay.

I've totally embraced it. I like Princess Leia. I like how she was feisty.

I watched my parents' fame diminish - as I was getting more conscious, their celebrity was going back down the mountain.

It creates community when you talk about private things.

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!

It's difficult to know what to say to someone whose partner has cheated on them.

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.'

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

She's an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much.

You get to choose what monsters you want to slay. I'm sorry to say this again, but let's face it - the Force is with you.