Empire_Australasia_-_February_2017

MICHAEL LAMONT

ON BEING A POSTER GIRL

FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER

“I’M HOPING TO GET

THECENTREFOLDIN

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY.”

WebMD

ON HER UPBRINGING

“IAMAPRODUCT

OF HOLLYWOOD

IN-BREEDING. WHEN

TWO CELEBRITIES

MATE, SOMEONE LIKE

ME IS THE RESULT.”

Wishful Drinking

ON HER DRUG-TAKING

“YOU KNOW HOW THEY

SAYTHATRELIGION

ISTHEOPIATEOF

THE MASSES? WELL,

ITOOKMASSESOF

OPIATES

RELIGIOUSLY.”

Wishful Drinking

ON HAVING HER BODY COMPARED

TO ELTON JOHN’S

“BLOW MY BIG BOVINE

TINY DANCER COCK.”

Fisher’s blog

ON THE LURE OFSTAR WARS

“George is a sadist. But like any

abused child wearing a metal bikini,

chained to a giant slug about to die,

I keep coming back for more.”

Presenting the AFI Life Achievement

Award to George Lucas

ON KEEPING FIT

“The only exercise I get lately is

running off at the mouth & jumping

to conclusions...”

Twitter

ON HER FATHER EDDIE FISHER
COMFORTING ELIZABETH TAYLOR
“Heirst dried her eyes with his
handkerchief, then he consoled her
with lowers, and he ultimately
consoled her with his penis. This made
marriage to my mother awkward.”
Wishful Drinking

ON AGEING

“As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don’t.”

Shockaholic

ON HOLLYWOOD

“YOU CAN’T FIND ANY

TRUE CLOSENESS IN

HOLLYWOOD, BECAUSE

EVERYBODY DOES

THEFAKECLOSENESS

SO WELL.”

Postcards From The Edge

ON PRIVILEGE

“I BASICALLY CONSIDER

MYSELF STREET SMART...

UNFORTUNATELY THAT

STREET IS RODEO

DRIVE.”

Twitter

ON RAISING KYLO REN

“Han and I had a volatile

relationship... We had a child who

turned out to be Hitler. You’d feel bad

if he turned out like that. I did spank

Adam [Driver] when I irst met him.”

Star Wars Celebration, 2016

ON HER LEGACY

“I am Princess Leia, no matter what.

If I were trying to get a good table,

I wouldn’t say I wrotePostcards.

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

When Harry Met Sally...?’”

WebMD

ON INTERGALACTIC SEXISM

“Even in space there’s a

double standard for women.”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

ON FINDING A PATH

“SOMETIMES YOU CAN

ONLY FIND HEAVEN BY

SLOWLY BACKING

AWAY F R O M H E L L .”

Wishful Drinking

ON PRIVILEGE

“I’M A PEZ DISPENSER

AND I’M IN THE

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

TEXTBOOK. WHO SAYS

YOU CA N’T H AV E IT A LL?”

Wishful Drinking

THE WIT AND WISDOM OF CARRIE FISHER