Carrie Fisher Quotes

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.

I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious.

In my own mind, I can joke about anything.

I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take yourself too seriously.

Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.

My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career.

Sometimes I'll say, "When Sandy Bullock and I were doing Speed - the movie, not the drug." Just in case someone's listening.

I was the world's ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody.

Keep in mind that I'm crazy, won't you?

I kinda feel like an idiot sometimes. Although I am an idiot, so it kinda works out.

The other day I started to take a course in psycho-ceramics. What is psycho-ceramics? It's the study of crackpots.

I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.

Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide.

I don't fancy myself as a very sarcastic person in real life.

I detest jokes - when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn't know it's funny or doesn't treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it's a sort of rage against society.

I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.

My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.

My dad has a dry, deadpan sense of humor, and my mom has an unexpected, wacky take on things. They really encouraged laughing at ourselves and the weirdness of situations that come up growing up in politics.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.