Instant gratification takes too long.

Explaining why gaffer`s tape was sometimes used under her Princess Leia costume in Star Wars (1977): "As we all know, there is no underwear in space."

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence. People-pleasing, going on those interviews and jamming your whole personality into getting the job, ingratiating yourself to people you wouldn`t f***ing spit on if they were on fire.

You can`t find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Describing the filming of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980): "Mark [Hamill] was off on Dagobah while Harrison [Ford] and I were were getting drunk in Cloud City."

Leia is not a real character. She is more of a caricature, and is somewhat one- dimensional. It`s not really possible to write out a list of Princess Leia`s likes and dislikes. I do know her favorite color, though, it`s white. She wears white all the time. But that doesn`t help me much.

I`ve got a lot of photos of me when I was very young at parties with celebrities, but I don`t really remember the people or when the photos were taken.

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

My father (Eddie Fisher) was a short Jewish man. My husband (Paul Simon) was a short Jewish man. Go figure.

On merchandising for Star Wars: "I signed my likeness away. Every time I look in the mirror, I have to send Lucas a couple of bucks."

Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we`re kind of cooked.

You can`t find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well.

I always wanted to do what my mother did - get all dressed up, shoot people, fall in the mud. I never considered anything else.

On her father`s gossipy 1999 autobiography: "I`m going to have my DNA fumigated."

I have no ambitions as an actress. I`m going to do a day`s work on Scream 3 (2000), but that`s all I can handle, a day`s work.

I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.