Still, the word "boyfriend" starts to sound pathetic after age 30... by Carrie Fisher

Still, the word "boyfriend" starts to sound pathetic after age 30.

Carrie Fisher

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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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Me being an actor was an accident, and not something I wanted to do, because I knew what happened eventually. Yeah, maybe you'd get famous, but then you wouldn't be famous anymore. Then you'd have to scramble to get back to where you were, and chances are, you wouldn't.

yeah actors chance

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience. by Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

partnering performing audience

A lot of the time, I'm just smart enough to be unhappy. by Carrie Fisher

A lot of the time, I'm just smart enough to be unhappy.

smart unhappy enough

I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.

able play thinking

My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust up to the elbows with it. He was a terrible father. I don't know that he was parented that well.

elbows spirit father

Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is... by Carrie Fisher

Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is lying.

drug missing lying

Eventually, life of the party is just like any other job. I've thought of myself that way at times, but it's sort of like holding everybody hostage. It diminishes everyone else. And ultimately, your friends don't require it of you.

party jobs way

I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.

destination twenties dark

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

denial people firsts

Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and se... by Carrie Fisher

Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.

regret self mistake

I did masses of opiates religiously. by Carrie Fisher

I did masses of opiates religiously.

opiates mass

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: p... by Carrie Fisher

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

swings guy two

Guys are great before you know who they are,' said Lucy. 'They're great when you're still with who they might be.

guy said might

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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I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people. by Carrie Fisher

I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people.

discreet humans people

Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the... by Carrie Fisher

Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.

drug ambition people

Drugs made me feel more normal. by Carrie Fisher

Drugs made me feel more normal.

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Leia follows me like a vague smell. by Carrie Fisher

Leia follows me like a vague smell.

vague follow-me smell

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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