Is that bitterness I hear?
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Ruined her life huh? About the only thing I can remember about her is that in her first movie role of consequence she made more money than her mother had made in her entire career. I don’t know if inflation was factored in or not, but still. The money game in Hollywood is fascinating.
Pff! She was great in the Blues Brothers…
Bitter? Don’t hear it.
Not-so-great comedic delivery and timing? Yeah.
At these presentations, the little speeches are entirely written by professional comedy writers and have nothing to do with the speaker except the marketing image they are labeled with or are trying to maintain/achieve.
Hollywood–Illusion.
If you watch the Ken Burns documentary about Star Wars you will find this rather tame. Pretty much all the actors from the original trilogy bash Lucas throughout the whole thing. I think it was Harrison Ford who mentions that Lucas told him how much he hated working with actors and wished he could animate the entire thing.
It’s a double edged sword to be handed a role that becomes a cultural icon…like Archie Bunker for example. Fisher’s delivery sounded like angry female to me.
Most of what Carrie said is almost word for word from her one woman show that she toured the country with a couple of years ago. Her book called “Wishful Drinking” is based on that one woman play and also contains just about everything she said to Mr. Lucas in her speech. Her “bitter” delivery was nothing but her attempt to be funny with the material she’s delivered on stage many times.
First-rate writing and great delivery too. No bitterness that I could hear.
Thats funny. Lucas and Speilberg look a little uncomfortable.They say shes a loose cannon out in the wood because she doesn’t need the money.
I don’t here bitterness. Its clear she doesn’t have Jack Benny’s comedic timing but if the same lines were delivered by say a Billy Crystal we would all be on the floor.
Lets face it she is immortal. When she was at her hottest appearance wise she had a great character role in some iconic films. None of us will last forever its advantages to have our good stuff so well documented.
I expect many more fine movies out of her.
My favorite Fisher screen moment so far was her and Belushi in the tunnel near the end on Blues Bros.
I thought that was an excellent delivery. I don’t really care if it was professionally written, it was perfectly delivered. That was some good acting.
I found this was very refreshing. Not typical Hollywood PC crap.
This clip is at least 5 years old…hardly topical.
I’ll go along with Mr. Fusion, I thought she did a darned good job. Bitterness? Nah.
I’ll bet she is still collecting those checks every month from royalties! I can’t stand these people who cry because they have been typecast as a famous character that has lasted generations! OMG do a few movies and retire.
Boo Hoo!!
As if anyone would know who she was without that movie.
It’s Roast. you people act like she was at his B-day. Ever roast is about making fun of the guy/girl in a nice manner.
No bitterness really. Envy, a little. Pride, a bit. Coming to terms with her own problems in a humorous way, priceless.
Ah, she has nothing to complain about. The royalty checks are still rolling in today. I wish I were so lucky.
The only actor I ever felt sorry for was Fred Gwynne, aka Herman Munster. The guy couldn’t land a role for decades after a short stint on “The Munsters” (for which he never saw a dime of royalties).
That was a shame. He was great in “Pet Sematary” (why did they misspell the title, anyway?) and “My Cousin Vinny”.
I also enjoyed his performance as the bumbling Austrian magician Balthasar in Mark Twain’s “The Mysterious Stranger”.
Fisher and Lucas are still good friends, and invite each other to their parties and such. She’s not bitter, she’s just playing up the fact that she got a lot more fame than she could handle at such a young age.
Star Wars? Was that a movie or something? Oh yeah, I saw it ……thought it sucked.
So many commenters have no idea what a roast is.
God do they still do these overproduced self indulgent parades,who the hell is watching this crap.I’ll take NO AGENDA ANY DAY,how about three a week john and adam,Yea the films were fun to watch and lucas is remarkable.
What on Earth takes you so far from the point of this monologue that you decide you are actually hearing real bitterness?
It’s not bitterness you hear. It’s the cynical echoes of a mind that is locked into misinterpreting the performance in front of you that you hear. A mind so warped by the pressures to get the numbers up on these blog visitors and commentators that all real connection with art, humor and creativity has faded into the distance long ago.
Now THAT’s bitterness.
So she got screwed out of some royalties in the first film. I hope her agent figured it out by the 3rd one she did.
Don