Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I don't want to be caught ... ashamed of anything. And because generally someone who has bipolar doesn't have just bipolar, they… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I thought I would inaugurate a Bipolar Pride Day. You know, with floats and parades and stuff! On the floats we would… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I don’t just want you to like me, I want to be one of the most joy-inducing human beings that you’ve ever encountered. I… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things. Otherwise, I don't know,… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
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… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
I was born imagining myself with an apron on, with pies cooling on the window sill and babies crying upstairs. I thought that all… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
“I thought you might supply some tenderness I lacked But out of all the things I offered you took my breath away and now… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
“So it stood to reason that if I could disappoint my own father—if I couldn’t get my own father to love me enough to… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
