There will be many things to miss about Carrie Fisher, who died on Tuesday at the age of 60. She was a talented novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and actor who brought happiness to millions of people. One of the things she'll be most remembered for is her incredible wit.
One of the greatest pleasures of the return of "Star Wars" with "The Force Awakens" in 2015 was having Carrie Fisher hit the interview circuit. She could parry with Colbert and knew how to shut down an interview with the perfect quote. She had a highly individualistic, impish worldview, as she showed on her Twitter account. And in her three memoirs and hundreds of interviews, she was an advocate for people with mental illnesses. Her insight and wit made her work a script doctor in high demand. She was a national treasure.
Here are 15 of Fisher's most biting, sarcastic, funny, and just plain powerful quotes from her writings and from her interviews.
"I'll go hang out with a bunch of robots for a few months and then return to my life and try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up."
In her memoir "Shockaholic," Fisher talked about how she didn't expect "Star Wars" to be the global phenomenon it was when she signed on for the role of Princess Leia. She was 19 years old at the time.
"I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result."
Fisher grew up privileged, as she happily noted in her memoir "Wishful Drinking." Her parents were actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
“I am Princess Leia, no matter what. If I were trying to get a good table, I wouldn’t say I wrote Postcards. Or, if I’m trying to get someone to take my check and I don’t have ID, I wouldn’t say, ‘Have you seen Harry Met Sally?’ Princess Leia will be on my tombstone.”
Fisher's career spans dozens of movies, but Princess Leia Organa in the "Star Wars" series is by far the one she's best known by. Instead of trying to escape her greatest success, Fisher was happy to embrace it.
Source: Us Weekly
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