ACTRESS CARRIE FISHER, WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN
STAR WARS HAS PASSED AWAY.
SHE SUFFERED FROM A HEART ATTACK A FEW DAYS AGO AND UNFORTUNATELY
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE RECENT REPORTS INDICATING THAT SHE
WAS IN STABLE CONDITION, SHE DID NOT SURVIVE THE HEART ATTACK.
SHE OF COURSE HAS A VERY INTERESTING, COLORFUL PAST.
SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF STRONG THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
POLITICS AND EVEN ABOUT HER OWN FANS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.
ONE THING THAT IS INCREDIBLE ABOUT HER WAS HER
SELF-AWARENESS.
IN FACT, SHE SAID, I AM SO SELF-CONSCIOUS
BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG MOUTH.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS LITTLE, BUT MY MOUTH IS HUGE.
THAT'S SOMETHING SHE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING.
I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF SOME OF THE THINGS SHE SAID IN
THE PAST AS WELL.
SHE IS A SUPER INTERESTING PERSON.
NORMALLY SHE IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON I WOULD BE BITTER
ABOUT.
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO HUGE ENTERTAINERS FROM
BACK IN THE DAY, DEBBIE REYNOLDS AND EDDIE FISHER.
SHE HAD AN ENORMOUS LEG UP AND WOUND UP GETTING ROLES WHEN
SHE WAS 12 AND MAJOR MOVIES AND SHE GOT THE STAR WARS
ROLE WHEN SHE WAS 19.
YEAH, AND OF COURSE IT KIND OF SET THE COURSE OF HER LIFE
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT SHE NEVER FINISHED SCHOOLING
INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL,
WELL-KNOWN, LEGENDARY LIFE.
PART OF THAT LEGEND WAS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT.
HER PARENTS ARE DIVORCED WHEN SHE WAS TWO, THEN HER
DAD MARRIED ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
SHE HERSELF WINDS UP GOING OUT WITH PAUL SIMON FOR A LONG TIME
AND THEN SHE ALMOST MARRIED DAN ACKROYD BUT GOT BACK TOGETHER
WITH PAUL SIMON SO THERE'S A LOT OF DRAMA THERE.
SHE
APPARENTLY DID HAVE A FLING ON THE SET WITH HARRISON FORD
DURING STAR WARS -
WHILE HE WAS MARRIED.
DRAMA.
ALL OF THE STAR STUFF.
BUT IT TURNS OUT SHE WAS REALLY SMART AND ALSO WROTE, I THINK
HER WRITING WAS PROBABLY AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN HER ACTING
AND SHE HAD A GREAT SARCASTIC WIT WAY ABOUT HER THAT I LOVE.
IT WASN'T THAT SHE WAS JUST HANDED STUFF, SHE DID EARN
IT AND AFTER STAR WARS, IT WASN'T EASY.
SHE WAS SO TYPECAST IN A ROLE THAT IT WAS HARD TO GET OTHER
ROLES AND SO SHE JUST BUST OUT BY STARTING TO WRITE STUFF
INSTEAD OF ACTING.
THERE IS A TON OF RESPECT TO HAVE FOR HER.
KEEP THAT IN MIND GUYS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE BORN RICH OR FAMOUS OR WHATEVER IT
MIGHT BE, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAD IT WELL BECAUSE HER
LIFE WAS SUPER HARD AS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AS WELL AND
HER STORY, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T EARN
YOUR WAY INTO A GREAT AND RESPECTED PERSON.
ABSOLUTELY AND JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE BORN INTO WEALTH OR
A WELL-KNOWN FAMILY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE
ANY OBSTACLES THAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SHE HAD A HUGE STRUGGLE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.
SHE ALSO HAD SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES AND SHE WAS VERY OPEN AND
CANDID ABOUT THE THINGS WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC
FIGURE SUCH AS HERSELF BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL THE STIGMA
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THINGS AND HAVING A PUBLIC FIGURE SPEAK OUT
ABOUT IT HOPEFULLY HELPS OTHER PEOPLE COME OUT AND GET
SOME HELP.
I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN SHE TALKED
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ADMIRED HER.
I WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE, AND THE SPECIFICALLY HAS TO DO
A STAR WARS FAN WHO ADMIRED HER.
WHEN MEN, 50 YEAR PLUS MEN DOWN TO WELL, THE AGE GOES PRETTY LOW
FOR A STATUTORY COMFORT, WHEN MEN APPROACH ME TO LET ME KNOW
THAT I WAS THEIR FIRST LOVE, WHICH I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT.
WHY DID ALL THESE MEN FIND IT SO EASY TO BE IN LOVE WITH ME THEN
AND SO COMPLEX TO BE IN LOVE WITH ME NOW?
I THINK EVERY WOMAN EXPERIENCES THAT.
SHE LOVES HER FANS AND TO SOME DEGREE, IS HONEST
ABOUT LOVING THE ATTENTION SHE GOT FROM PRINCESS LEIA AND
SAYING THAT SHE WAS THE GUARDIAN OF THAT CHARACTER AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE PROTECTED THE INTEGRITY OF
THAT CHARACTER AND THAT IS ALL GREAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, SOMETIMES SHE GETS ON STAR WARS FANS FOR
LIKING HER TOO MUCH.
SHE IS COMPLICATED.
SHE IS A HUMAN BEING.
HERE SHE IS
UPSET, SHE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT GETTING OLDER AND AS A
PERSON WHO IS IN SOME WAYS WRITES COMEDY ETC.,
IT'S ALL GREAT STUFF AND I LOVED IT.
THE SAME TIME, I LOOK AT A PICTURE OF ME WHEN I WAS 18,
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET MUCH WORSE THAT THIS ANYWAY BUT IT WAS
MUCH BETTER WHEN I WAS 18 AND WHEN I AM 46.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
I THINK FOR WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD, THEY DO GO THROUGH SOMETHING
A LITTLE UNIQUE COMPARED TO WHAT MEN HAVE TO GO TO.
WITH WOMEN, YOU AGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE NOT AS
DESIRABLE AS YOU USED TO BE.
WITH MEN, GEORGE CLOONEY AS
AN EXAMPLE, BRAD PITT, YOU AGE AND YOU ARE CONSIDERED MORE
ESTABLISHED, EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE TO SOME PEOPLE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE MEANT THERE.
I DON'T THINK SHE MEANT TO PUT ANYONE DOWN OR ANTAGONIZE
ANYONE.
ONE FINAL THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT SHE WAS MARRIED ONCE AND SHE HAS A
DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND LEFT HER FOR ANOTHER GUY.
I HAD NO IDEA.
I JUST LEARNED THAT TODAY.
SHE IS ALSO HONEST ABOUT CELEBRITY STUFF.
YOU MIGHT SAY I'M A PRODUCT OF HOLLYWOOD INBREEDING.
WHEN TWO CELEBRITIES MATE, SOMETHING LIKE ME AS A RESULT.
THAT'S A NICE SELF-EFFACING COMMENT.
AFTER READING HER WHOLE LIFE STORY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT,
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER PARENTS WERE.
I CAME TO THINK THANK GOD I WAS NOT BORN THAT RICH OR TO PEOPLE
THAT FAMOUS BECAUSE SHE HAD A TOUGH LIFE.
YOU THINK IT'S AN EASY LIFE, MONEY, FAME; WHAT YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
WOULD I WANT BIPOLAR DISORDER?
THAT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH ANY OF THE REST OF IT BUT WOULD I TRADE WHAT I HAVE?
THAT'S TOUGH.
BUT EVEN IF YOU DIVORCED THAT, EVERYBODY AROUND HER WAS
DOING DRUGS.
YOU WIND UP DOING DRUGS, YOU GET INTO SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.
WOULD I TRADE WHAT I HAVE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE?
HELL NO.
HAVING
PARENTS BEING DIVORCED AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
WENT ON WITH IT AND THEN THE PERSONAL LIFE THAT SHE HAD WHICH
WAS, HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE WAS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER,
BELOVED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE I THINK FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
INCLUDING US, BUT NOT AS GOOD OR AN EASY LIFE AS
YOU WOULD THINK.