Quotes About Celebrity

So my death is worth something to some people. If I had enough pictures signed someone could put out a hit on me.

So instead of a bra, what do you think I wore for support, intergalactically? Gaffer's tape.

See that girl just ahead of us? With that headband?" "Yeah?" "She's Debbie Reynolds's daughter." There was a slight pause before she added, "She thinks she's so great." Wow, right? Uncanny how she so perfectly nailed me straight out of the box. I just thought I was incredible.

forever. I would never not be Princess Leia. I had no idea how profoundly true that was and how long forever was. They would pay me nothing and fly me economy—a fact that would haunt my mother for months—but I was Leia and that was all that truly mattered. I'm Leia—I can live in a tree, but you can't take that away from me. I never dreamt there actually might be a day when I maybe hoped that you could.

I emerge from my three-week-long ECT treatment to discover that I am not only this Princess Leia creature but also several-sized dolls, various T-shirts and posters, some cleansing items, and a bunch of other merchandise. It turns out I was even a kind of pin-up—a fantasy that geeky teenage boys across the globe jerked off to me with some frequency. How's that for a newborn-how-do-you-do damsel in very little cinematic distress?

Well, when the Enquirer becomes your standard for living, you're in a lot of trouble! When

When I was initially approached about going to Comic-Con, the giant comic book convention, I said, 'I wouldn't be caught dead at one of those has-been roundups." But, as it turns out, I've been caught alive at those roundups often enough to wish I was dead.

who do I think I would've been if I hadn't been Princess Leia? Am I Princess Leia, or is she me? Split the difference and you'd be closer to the truth.

because my father has had so many face-lifts that he looks Asian himself.

Who's more famous than Debbie [Reynolds] and Eddie [Fisher]? C-3PO and Darth Vader.

Oh, and my form of mental illness is also a tiny bit infectious by the way. I may have gotten it from Amy Winehouse's toilet seat. So

So, I need to reacquaint myself with this sort of celebrity person I seem to be. Someone who was in an iconic, blockbuster film called Star Wars.

Celebrity is just obscurity biding its time.

Dylan wasn't calling to ask me on a date. He was calling because this cologne company had contacted him to see if he would endorse a cologne called Just Like a Woman. Now Bob didn't like that name, but he liked the idea of endorsing a cologne. And he wanted to know if I had any good cologne names. Do

I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when you actually did get paid to have a supporting role. It just doesn't happen like that anymore, but this was in the '90s. It was the golden age!

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

But as far as Twitter, I'll be in a restaurant and I'll get home and somebody tweeted and they talked about what I ordered and what I was wearing. In some cases, that could be dangerous, because you don't want everybody to know where you are every second of every day.

At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

The panel flew open and the person tumbled out in a heap in front of me, right on his face! My God: it was Joey Ramone, all six-plus feet of him! The lanky lead singer got up without a word, replaced his glasses and mumbled something unintelligible before shuffling away even as I offered ab apology to his disappearing back.

When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them.

I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.