'They don't want to hire all of me -- only about three-quarters! nothing changes: It's an appearance-driven thing. I'm in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. That is so messed up. They might as well say 'get younger,' because that's how easy it is.

Carrie Fisher

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She has been more than a mother to me, not much, but definitely m... by Carrie Fisher

She has been more than a mother to me, not much, but definitely more.

Admittedly, I found it difficult to share my mother with her adoring fans who treated her like a member of their family.

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.

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If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that's unacce... by Carrie Fisher

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

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I have been in 'Star Wars' since I was 20. And they're not just doing some goofy sequel, like, to service the hunger of it. It actually has been thought out and it has integrity and they took it seriously, which they didn't have to do, you know? It's hard to do, given the appetite and the angles from which everybody's coming at it.

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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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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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All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally... by Carrie Fisher

All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally change us.

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It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive. by Carrie Fisher

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

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What I always wanna tell young people now: Pay attention. This isn't gonna happen again. Rather than try to understand it as it's going along, have it go along for a while and then understand it.

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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.

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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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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way be... by Carrie Fisher

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.

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