"Hello." "We'reherewithawomanwhoalleges tobemy mother." "Idon'tbuyitfora minute." "Butthisis howwe'llfind out." "I have proof." "You have films." "I have films and I have a certificate." "You have the films that I'm happy." "Oh, yes." "Well, because you doubted it for so long." "You knew that I was gonna doubt it later, soyoufilmedmebeinghappy ." "No, I thought that if you filmed children, andyouhadhappychildren andthenyoufilmedit" " Exposure!" " Who knew when you were going to grow up andsay,"I 'mveryunhappy," and" That'sa fakefilm,"thatImadeitup." "This is getting so ugly so fast." "Youhaveto trytoconcentrate onthefactthatyoudidhave, sometimes, good times." "I know that I did!" "Ihadaverygood time ." "See how you yelled?" "Atyourmother?" "What about Todd?" "DoyoulikeToddbetterthanme?" "No." "It's just that you're different." " Every child is different, so" " I don't buy this." "You never bought anything that I said, so..." "Okay, what does he get in the will and what do I get?" "Oh, I'm not gonna tell anybody that." "If we lived together, we would argue." "Yes." "It'spossible." "How long has it been done for?" "I'mdonefor." "Ugh!" "Fucking criminy!" "I'm gonna go help my mother pack." "My mother is performing a show in Connecticut." "I tried to stop her, but that is like throwing yourself in front of a..." "Oh, what are those called?" "Nottiramisus." "Tsunami." "See?" "She's "Tsu-Mommy."" "And I threw myself in front of Tsu-Mommy, and it didn't work." "She loves doing it when she's doing it, but afterwards, she was laying on the floor, so..." "But in a good, dignified, movie star way." "Mother and I live next door to each other, separated by one daunting hill." "I usually come to her." "I always come to her." "Mommy!" "Mommy, I'm home!" "Hello!" "Where-- look, you cannot keep that phone." "It's ridiculous." "That's from the early '90s, when they first invented cell phones." " But I" " That was one of the originals." "I don't want to buy a new one." "The old phone works fine." "Just dandy." " It's horrible." " Oh!" "There she is." " Look." "Look at all the" " Do you know how to do it?" " Do you know how to do it?" " No." "No one knows how to use those anymore." "That is a beautiful puff." "Thank you for the beautiful soufflé." " I love it." " Is it good?" "You want to sing with me?" "Debbie, what do you wear in the show?" "A very heavy beaded dress." "It is quite beautiful." "It's beautiful, but it weighs more than she does." "It does weigh-- it does weigh about 50 pounds." " But it's so beautiful." " Worth it!" "Now, that's-- that's Elizabeth's." "This belonged to..." "I bought that at Elizabeth Taylor's auction." " I won it." " This is when-- during her muumuu phase." "Yeah." "Well, it's pretty, really." "Look." "It has a drag queen element." "Oh, now, just do what your mother says." "It makes life easier." "As if." " Yeah." " All right." "You remember me?" "I'm your mother." " I remember." " Tammy, Tammy..." "I keep you very close, so-- constant reminder." "Is this for the show?" "I forgot I had it." "That's what's good about losing your memory is there's so many surprises in the world." "I have found some things work." "Not enough." "There's never enough Listerine." "I'm gonna go fill it." "I'm just gonna go fill it." "Remember, we had a relative that drank Listerine..." " She was an alcoholic." " ...and 18 bottles of vanilla." " Okay." " That's it." "That's all." "Okay, look." "Turn around this way because your rear end is to the camera." "Oh, my God." "I don't like not knowing what's happening." " I worry a little." " That's very sweet." "I worry what the show costs you." "That's all." "I know you like to do it." "I have caught up with a few people in age." "Whoa!" "But they're in bed and you're doing a show." "LikeGeorgeBurnssays," "I'm gonna stay on stage until I drop dead." "And then I'm gonna have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and then I'll put me in a museum." " That's nice." " Do you like that?" "Or we could just leave this house..." "I totally understand why she's doing it, anditmakesmenervous." "She'llforgetshe'snot 35." "You know, it doesn't make sense to her that her body isn't cooperating." "Andshejustthinksifsheignoresit, it'llgoaway." "Everything in me demands that my mother be as she always was, even if that way is irritating." "She just can't change." "That's the rule." "And she's fucking with me." "Ageis-- it'shorribleforall ofus, but she falls from a greater height." "Debbie's light goes to the ears." " Yes or no?" " Yes." "Okay." "You know, all this stuff is,like,blockedinyour template." "And I think I only got nervous once when I performed for the Queen of England." "I went over with Bob Hope to do a show, and I did get a little nervous there." "The crown, the jewels kind of threw me a little bit." "But as a rule, I don't-- I don't get nervous." "I just have a good time." "I'vebeendoingthismywhole life." "Youknow,IstartedperformingwhenI was16." "Will you know your set already and everything?" "Oh, yes, I'm all set." "I carry my script in my beat-up folder." "You can see how beat up." "And all the edges are all worn out." "Andifyoucan makepeoplesmile alittle , laugh a little, justenjoythemselvesfor amoment..." "It's not "Macbeth," you know." "How are you tonight?" "You're such a nice, attractive audience." "Now, you don't mind if I come out, do you?" "See, I like to visit with you." "Otherwise, I'm stuck up there." "I've seen my act." "Good evening." "I used to go out in the audience." "Iusedto do that." "Iusedto wearagirdle,too, andI don'tdo thatanymore." "So, it's like the old days, in a way, but I'm like the old days, so..." "Can you do me a favor while you're down there?" "Yeah?" " You see that toe?" " Uh-huh." "That has to come around." "That..." "See that?" "It has to go to the" " Underneath?" " Yeah." "Thank you." "I'm pulling your leg, huh?" "I have to do it." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Okay, Kevin is gonna do, like, an introductory thing." "Five minutes, yeah." "Yeah." "So, when do you want him to start?" "When?" "But David's already asked me this." "Oh, he did?" "He didn't tell him, though." " Now." " Now." "Go!" "Oh!" "I look around and I see all you nice men." "You're very sweet." "I'm sure you're nice." "It's just that if there's a nice guy around," "I'm not gonna find him." " You remember Eddie Fisher?" " Yes." "Carrie told me, "Mommy, doesn't-- doesn't it start to look like Eddie's the good one?"" "After Eddie, I married again." "He was very rich, too." "That was helpful." "I thought that was very nice." "ButthenIfoundout, afterweweremarried , he was a gamble-oholic, and he lost all of his money." "IshouldhavemarriedBurt Reynolds." "I wouldn't have to change my last name." "And we could share wigs." "So,I thought,I'llbringalong some of my first movies." "Wehadalot offuninthosedays." "Now, this is my one little hit." "It's called "Tammy."" "Here we go." "Start over again." "Maybe something will come out." "People were loving it." "That was so awesome." "Okay, we're going this way, though." "Great." "Good." "Okay." "And... one more." "Okay." "Boom!" " Debbie, that was amazing!" " It wasn't easy." "Debbie, that was..." "It is very frustrating for her, becauseinside,my momisthesameperson ." " Thank you." " Thank you for having me." "And she doesn't want to retire." "Shedoesnotwanttoretire." "You were great." "Performing gives her life." "Itfeedsherina waythatfamily cannot ." "That's why I think it-- we've always been frustrating." "Because... it's not-- people aren't cooperative, audiences are." "When you're her, they are." "Where are you?" "Come here." "Come on." "Come on." "Junie, don't you want to see the kid?" "Come on, sing it for your old mother." "Besides, I have to retire soon." "I had been singing in my mother's act since I was about 13." "Would you sing my favorite for me?" "It's for Junie and Jerry." "Don't say no." "Just sing right out." "Whoo!" "My mother wanted to be able to groom me forshowbusiness." "The biggest thing I did that broke my mother's heart wasnotdo anightclubact." "My mother would say, "Do drugs." "Do whatever you need to do." "Butwhydon'tyou sing?"" "That was my big rebellion." "Carrie's daddy, Eddie, had a great voice, you know." "Reallybeautifulvoice." "I guess she doesn't want to be Eddie and she doesn't want to be Debbie." "She wants to be Carrie, so she'll do it her way." "I love that voice." "Isn't that a great voice?" "I wish I had it." "Take a bow, take a bow, take a bow." "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "That's not bad for a 15-year-old, is it?" "So, this is the compound." "ItwasbuiltbyRobertArmstrong,whowas in" KingKong,"" "whosaid,"' Twasbeautykilledthebeast ."" "I'velivedin thisfor--letmesee-- 20years." "Thisisthelobby." "This is where early mornings are spent with people who drink coffee." "And there's a hummingbird nest." "Look how teeny." "Thisisthebathroom." "It has, as a lot of bathrooms should, a player piano in it." "This is Bette Davis when she lived here." "This is my suitcase, Robert." "Oh." "Ugly children portraiture." "They did this thing in the last century wheretheydressedboysingirls 'clothing." "HelookslikeRossPerotinred ." "ShiaLaBeoufas aDutchunderageprostitute." "AndRichardDreyfuss asa younggirlwieldingarose." "Richardlikesthat." "Now,thisjusthappenstobe probablyanunhappy woman thatlookslikeKevinSpacey." "They sold this on the Internet as a Princess Leia sex doll." "Maybe this." "There's no way of accounting for it." "Mydaughter,Billie." "Mybrotherandmyself." "AndBillie." "Andmymotherand JudyGarland." "And my friend, Charlie, at the dentist with his mouth widely displayed." "Myhouse" "Iloveit." "It'slikescavengerhunting." "Andmymother-- there's part of it she kind of tolerates." ""Well, this is just Carrie's thing."" "ThisistheoppositeofthehousethatIgrewupin." "Thehousewe livedinwasverygrand whenI wasgrowingup." "Itwasmarbleand glass." "Cold." "Andtherewasjusttoomuchairinit." "Family-wise,wedidn'tgrowupwitheachother, wegrewup aroundeachother." "Youknow,liketrees." "Mymother,sheworkedalot ." "AndthenHarry,her husbandatthetime, hewastheoriginalfancy-man,richguy." "Itwasaprototypelife ." "Weweregettingreadyfora photoshoot allthetime." "Andthat'swhatToddandI shared." "ToddandIhad asharedhistoryofweirdness." "Yes?" "Who is it?" " Come in." " Hi!" "I just wanted to say hi." "She brought her chicken in." "Speaking of science fiction." " Hello." " We've never met." "And this is Nugget." "He travels everywhere with her." "He goes everywhere with me 'cause he's my emotional wellness chicken." "And he's just" "We're gonna get him a service tag so he can be a service chicken." "I have to drive everywhere currently..." " With a harness." " ...because they won't let chickens fly." "What?" "Yeah." " He's my boy." " That's right." "Sorry." "I didn't mean to interrupt you." "No, I was just telling the poster story." "In fact, I was telling her the only reason why we bought this house was so I could hang my posters somewhere." "So, I decided I would tell a story on this wall." "My mother made this movie called "Singin' in the Rain," down there, and that's an original "Singin' in the Rain" poster." "Then she went on to do "Tammy and the Bachelor,"" "where she sings the song "Tammy."" "Then she makes a movie with Frank Sinatra called "The Tender Trap."" "And in this-- while she's making this movie," "Frank Sinatra says, "Now, Debbie, whatever you do, do not marry a singer, whatever you do."" "So, she goes right out and marries the singer, my dad, Eddie Fisher." "Thenmydadran off withElizabethTaylor andbecameaproduceron"Cleopatra."" "Then my dad goes on and marries Liz, and of course they make the movie "BUtterfield 8."" "So, that's the story of my life in a certain amount of posters." "Do you know what's funny, is Debbie, whenshefirstcameinhere, shewent," " "How can you allow this?"" " Right, too many Debbie posters." ""To many Debbie posters." "Where's your stuff?" She's just so awesome." "And I was like, where else am I gonna put your stuff?" "Or what else are we gonna do with it?" "Sooner or later, it's got to get up on the wall." "Now, when I was younger, "2001:" "A Space Odyssey" came out and I was very influenced by how amazing that movie was." "Andthen,allofa sudden,youknow," "Carriedoesthislittlepicturecalled"StarWars"" "she thought was gonna be a B-movie." "I went to the screening with her over at Fox, and she was hiding in the back with me 'causeshethoughtitwasgonna beacheesyfilm." "We are at a lap dance." "Come on, do it a little more." "In the front, the whole thing." "A celebrity lap dance, whichiswherecelebritiesofallshapes andages signautographsforcashprizes." "It'ssortof likegoingtoastripclub, excepttheydon'tstuffcash inyourunderwear." "Butthat'skindofit." "It's Carrie Fisher, everybody!" "Carrie!" "Carrie!" "Hi there." "How are you doing?" " Good to meet you." " That is great." "We'll get a photo later." " It's a pleasure to... "meat" you." " Meet me." " All right, thank you!" " Thank you so much." "Well, she's always been my favorite on "Star Wars" since I was a little kid." "I had a crush on her since I was, like, eight years old." "So,I 'djustliketoseeher,youknow?" "That's awesome!" "That doesn't really look like me in a way." " Show me where." " Right up here." "There?" "How we go..." " Where do you want it?" " Right here." " Nice and big." " Yes, sir." "There you go." "Thank you." " I really like your overall look." " Thank you." "That goes without saying." "Thank you." "I like your outfit on you." " Thank you." " No bra, though." "I'll remember that next time." " Hey there." " Hello." "So, this is one of these things thatwego to at leastonceamonth ." "They'rekindof aminiComic-Con." "Carrie resisted these lap dances for years, butit'samazing!" "You see these thousands of people that are behind me here?" "Okay, so, they line up at 9:00 in the morning, they'llstayhereuntil9:00 atnight  just to have two seconds with Carrie." "Yeah, actually, Liz and Matt, please." " Liz and Matt." " Yes." " Pleasure to meet you." " Nice to meet you." " Don't cry." "Don't cry." " Stop it, stop it." " It was" " It probably won't sink in for a while." "She's, like, my idol." " Is she?" " Yeah." "How come?" "She just epitomizes a strong woman who speaks her mind, doesn't care what anybody else thinks." "And I wish I was more like that." "All right, here we go!" "Let's go!" "There you go." "Here we go!" "They love..." "They love you." "Yes." "They love her, and I'm her custodian, and I'm as close as you're gonna get." "She's me and I'm her." "I mean, they talk to me like I'm Princess Leia who happens to have had all these, you know, difficult experiences to go through, and that's like me fighting for the Force." "It's nice." "They're nice." "Oh, something's unplugged." "I can see it." "I thought this case was top priority." "I was on three episodes of this show where I played a very pivotal character for the lead character, and so I've been to a lot of "Knight Rider" conventions." "And when I went there, I realized how much I loved this car, andI said,"I gottohave it."" "I think it's important that you, you know, marry inside the entertainment race." "And, you know, that's an important thing because people don't get it." "I think you could-- my family, in particular, could overwhelm most people." "It wasn't just my mother that was super famous." "Peopleforgetmy dadwas aworld-classsinger." "Hehadmoreconsecutivehits than theBeatles andElvisPresleycombined." "Atonetime,hehad65,000separatefanclubs." "He had an exclusive contract with Coca Cola." "Hewasthe"CokeKid. "" "...T.V.'s even more fun with a bottle of Coke in hand." "They gave him a percentage of the Pasadena bottling company proceeds." "I mean, he had it made for life." "All he had to do was behave a little bit." "My dad and mom, they were cute as hell together, andtheyhadthe cutestlittlekidstogether, andtheywerethe coupleofAmerica." "Obviously,thestudiolovedthat setup." "Youknow,youput the two ofthem together, it'soneheckofa marketingtool." "Ithinkmy motherreallywasinlovewithmyfather  ina naive,youngpersonway." "Firstlove." "AndI thinkthatwas the lasttime  thatsheeverreallyexperiencedthat." " There." " She's here?" "Yeah, outside there." "Hey, Dwight!" "Mama!" "Let's go that way, though." "You look beautiful." "You're wearing the same shoes as I am." " No, you gave me these." " I know." " You don't remember?" " No, I do." "I leave messages." "I know, that's the greatest thing." " I leave messages on here." " I wish there was one." " "I'm here." - "Go away."" ""If you want to come in, come in through the front door."" ""It's not a rainy day." "It's my day to be quiet and alone."" "Alone is good." "Ihaveto go to my meetingnow , butI justwantedtosayhello ." "I love you." "I love-- oh, oh, oh, oh." " I love you." " I don't know where you're going." "I'm coming up." "And look, our shoes are the same." " Sing the song." " I don't want to go" ""I'll be around."" "I think I'm my mom's best friend morethanadaughter." "Mymotherreallywantsmeto be an extension ofherwishes,anextensionofher ." "Andtoagreatdegree, far more sometimes than I ever would want to," "I know what my mother feels and wants." "And there's a lot of it." "I share everything with my daughter." "That's right." "Especially the check." " Especially the what?" " Check." "She pays for everything." "Oh, that's-- it's not true." "She gets furious when I bring up..." "That's me." "My mother's always liked the idea oflivingin thecompound." "It'sactuallyturnedout prettygood ." "She'sbeenthereavery long time , and they have obviously survived the decades of being there together." "Remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of..." " all those people..." " I did not lift my skirt." " ...including that guy Michael?" " It twirled up!" "And you weren't wearing any underwear." "Well!" "Carrie wrote the movie "Postcards From the Edge"" "aboutherrelationshipwithmymother, andinthemovie,they enduphaving anargument throughtwocharacters" "ShirleyMacLaineandMerylStreep." "I'm going to kill myself." "Don't say that even in jest, Suzanne." "I was very unhappy back then." "I was just a mess." "And some of the things that are in the movie happened." " Any idea what she's taken?" " Pills, sir." " Demerol, Percodan,andcocaine." " Give me her vitals." "Todd:" "Carrieatthispoint wasfamouslyintodrugs." " Suzanne?" "!" " And my mother was not real happy about it." "There was anger, true anger there." "I never said you were a monster." "You don't say it, but you feel it." "Somehow you lay the entire blame for your drug taking on me." "I do not!" "I do not, Mother." "I took the drugs." "Nobody made me." "Carrie and I started getting high together whenwewereabout" "Iwas 15." "Weusedto smokeweedtogetherandwe had alotof fun." "Andthen,youknow,shemoved ontootherthings, andI didn't." "WhenI wouldstop,she wouldkeep going." "I knew something was the matter with me." "Iwenttoofast." "Iwastoomuch." "AndI wasembarrassedofit." "ThedrugsIlikedwere painkillers." "Theycalmedme down." "I just couldn't" "I couldn't handle it." "I didn't know what "it" was." "Manic depressive is a disease." "Now,thatwasnot diagnosedthen , so nobody kind of knew what was going on with Carrie." "When she was 13, her personality changed." "Soit'saconstantbattle thattakesallofus toassureherthatshe'sloved , and that won't get her." "Hard." "Yeah, it's hard." "That's the hardest part." "It's Christmas here in China on the Wall, and we're headed toward the top." "Come with us." "Joinuson awalkontheWall." "Come on, everybody!" "We look like we're tired!" "We're having a ball!" "I have two moods." "RoyisRollickingRoy , awildrideofa mood !" "Wow, some of that methamphetamine released itself, and the brain slid and there was some trapped methamphetamine from my father." "It's melting from the heat." "Pam is Sediment Pam, whostandson theshoreandsobs." "Onemoodis themeal, thenextmood,the check." "Where am I in all this?" "I have no idea." "Because I feel like it's a little mood relay, you know?" "I'm Pam now." "See, if Roy got this cold... he wouldn't let him stop it." "'Cause Roy is bigger than all of it." "But I just fit snugly into the mood pocket that is Pam." "I don't have any choice." "I don't dictate the ride." "Look, the blue one, I think, is probably better, but this is crazier." "It's important to know." "That is very nice sweater." "Those are good folk art colors." "That's what you are-- folk art." "Okay, see?" "That's not bad." "And a person wearing this would then have a room... like this!" "We met" "Debbie and Eddie bought a house two doors down from where I lived." "I was 11 when they first moved in, I think." "She was pregnant with Todd." " Debbie worked a lot..." " Yeah." "...so she wasn't there, so, you know, it's like you take what you can get, really." "And if you can't have Debbie Reynolds..." "No, we wanted her." "Here's the deal" " Carrie at two wasmoreinterestingthananyoneI'veeverknown." "Toddwasaveryhappychild ,veryeasygoing." "But we weren't made with each other in mind." "No, you were very different." "I was jealous of that." "It was simpler for him for some reason." "Yeah." "Also, he didn't-- you suffered from the divorce." "You had an attachment to your dad, buthewasn'taroundmuch ." "AndthenElizabethTaylor" "Oh, God." "In a scandal that's gripping Hollywood and the nation," "EddieFisherleavesAmerica'ssweetheart,DebbieReynolds, forherfriendand neighbor,ElizabethTaylor." "Something I had never seen was all the paparazzi." "Liz, over here!" "It was very dramatic." "I want to get out." "Now." "And your mom was quite dignified and quiet." "I haven't even been informed." "I just got off the airplane." "I will not contest it, no." "All of a sudden, there were photographers onyourfrontyardoron thesidewalk." "Don't remember it." "Coming out of the driveway, theytookyourpictureinthecar." "I don't remember it." "I don't remember it." " I don't want to remember it." " Yeah." "No, I do remember it." "I'm sure that was very stressful." "I know I didn't like that." "They were trampling me and Todd to get to her, so the sensation was that she belonged to them." "My mom did say about her-- she said, "That's a sad child,"" "and that's after, I think, the divorce." "Shehadthissadness, and then Harry Karl was in the picture." "We were supposed to call him "Daddy Harry."" "Yeah, that was gonna happen." "Hewasjustamass ofnoisesandmonograms." "You have to remember this." "Therewasan intercom,and hewouldstart calling," ""Carri-i-e." "To-o-dd." "Hone-e-y."" ""Honey" was Debbie's name." "You know, he owned shoe stores, so that didn't interest us." "Nothing about him was interesting untilwefoundout aboutthehookers." "Oh, God." "And here he comes now, industrialist and philanthropist, a celebrity in his own right, Harry Karl." " And look who's with him" " Carrie and Todd." "Harry Karl walked into the perfect, ready-made family, andheseemslikeagreat setup ." " There's Mommy." " There's Mommy, yeah." "Loving, caring, loved Carrie and I, butwedon'tknowatthetimethathehasseriousproblems." "Wedon'tknowthat heisacompulsivegambler." "Wedon'tknowthathe's  acompulsivedrinker." "Itwasadisaster inthemaking, anditwasreallyadisaster whenmymomcamehome oneday andsaw theforeclosurenotice onthefrontdoor of one of the biggest houses in Beverly Hills." "At the end oftherainbow" "We were both about to enter a new era of reality." "Littledidwe knowwhat'sreallygoing onatthat exactmoment isHarryKarlisgamblingawayallofourmoney  andHarryandDebbiewere divorcing." "ThatwasthetailendofCarrie andI, ourinnocenceas children." " Okay, let's go." " All right, let's go." "We're going to see Debbie." "Ma?" "Aw, I'm so happy to see you." "Howareyou?" "I'm good." "How are you feeling?" "Shitty." "Pretty bad." "Truly, you look so beautiful." "Youhaveto believeme." "I'm dizzy, and I think I caught it from you." "Here, you want some oxygen?" "Yes!" "That's the ultimate hostess." "You'reofferedwater,softdrinks,oxygen." " Here." " I'm taking it." "Carrie, maybe you've had enough oxygen." " What?" " Maybe you've had enough." "She seems very, you know, coherent, and she looks wonderful, but she seems fragile." "And, um..." "She's good at seeming good." " That's the thing." " Yes, that's correct." "She's definitely the lightest version of Debbie I've ever seen." "Um..." "That would be a good way to put it." "Yeah, Debbie Light." "Holler "uncle"!" "You're tuckered, Molly!" "Why don't you quit?" "!" "Sure, I'm tuckered, and I might give out, but I won't give in!" "How could anybody say I'm down?" "Look, I'm blinking!" "Somehow, my mother is unsinkable." " Maybe here!" "That "Unsinkable Molly Brown" stuff is her." "No place, but there come a time 'cause nothing nor nobody wants me down like I wants me up!" "The idea that my mother is now older and she's more frail, and I'm trying to see what that feels like, but I still don't feel it because she's still who she is inside." "She went to school at MGM, wheretheytrainedyou how tobehave, andsoit 'sin herconsciousness tobeat herbestatalltimes." "Howdy, everybody." "Welcome." "Glad to see you're here at last." "And she's a fan before she was ever a star." "WhenshewenttoMGM,  shewasenamoredlikeanybodywould be." "MyGod,there'sClarkGable." "And I have pictures of her with Gary Cooper." "You can see she's got stars in her eyes." "Whowouldn't?" "Andshe'sstillafantothisday." "But let me just say that Debbie Reynolds is a self-proclaimed movie-oholic and has an enormous Hollywood memorabilia collection." "Altogether, the costumes and props are worth millions dollars, so this is sort of your nest egg." "Yes, this is" " I put all the money I could save after all my husbands, and I bought costumes." "This is Marilyn Monroe's subway dress." "Wow." "My mother's passion for collecting startedwhentheywereauctioningoff thebacklotsofMGMandallthe contents." "Theideathatthisstuffwasgoingtobescattered  tothefourcornersoftheEarth wasunconscionableto her, soshetookitupon herselftosay ," I'mgoingtosaveit."" "This is Liz Taylor's stool, makeup stool from "Cleopatra."" "This chandelier back here is called a "girandole."" "It's from "Marie Antoinette" and "Camille."" "In the end, she was successful in amassing the world's largest collection of Hollywood memorabilia, andsoshewantedtobuild amuseum ." " This is from "Molly Brown."" " That's right." "Peoplearealwaysamazedwhen they come toHollywood andthere'sno museumoffilm history." "I've tried." "It's just that no one seems to be interested that's in the business." "The public, the fans are interested, I'm interested." "We, for decades, struggled to build this museum." "It was impossible to believe that this wasn't gonna happen." "Butwecouldn'tfindapartnerwhosharedhervision." "Dealafterdealfellthrough." " "The Wizard of Oz." - "The Wizard of Oz."" "That's Judy Garland's." "Chokes me up now." "You know, here we are-- we'll talk about this in another 10 years, I'll get choked up." "Nobody wants to see their mother's heart broken, and we saw it." "Whenwehad thefirsttwoauctions, itwasverytraumaticformymother ." "WesoldtheMarilynMonroesubwaydress from" TheSevenYearItch"for$ 6.2 million." "Thetruthis thecollectionwassinkingherfinancially." "We had debt because we had borrowed money to get a lot of this stuff, andwedon'thaveamuseum." "Weweredone." "In one week, I have to go andstartrehearsalsinLondon for "Star Wars Seven...ty-two."" "I'mconcernedbecausemymotherisnot feelingwell." "But I'm trying to let go." "It's like the" "It's like I should be trying to let go of my daughter instead of trying to let go of my mom." "So, everything is backward." "My question is, if you die when you're fat, areyouafat ghost?" "Or do they go back to a flattering time?" "So now you got to pick it up." "I'll go to 30, but then you have to let me go!" " Almost there!" " Let me go!" "Let my people go!" "That's all you're gonna get." "Oh!" "Okay, now cool down." "Keep it going." "Oh, I've been doing this for a year." "Lucasfilm, they make them report on my weight." "They take measurements." "I mean, it's-- it's intense." " She loves it." " I've learned to love it." "I hate to break this conversation, but the gift for George Lucas's daughter, is it her birthday?" "Oh, the gift." "It'sthreemonthslateforhisbirthday." "No, it's the birthday of the daughter, so" " No, it's his." "It was his." " Oh, his birthday." "Okay, all right." "All right, I found a place that wraps and does all the lovely things, and I'll be back." "Forward and back." "Back." "There you go." "Shoulders." "Where are the shoulders?" "California." " We're going this way." " Even if it's a lie." "No, there is no way-- no, that's the one thing-- that is my Waterloo." "After your exercise class, what you need to do is smoke a cigarette." "You hear that noise, Carrie?" "That's what we have to do." "Clear the house." "He's bossy." "Don't clear it today." "Clear it tomorrow." "Every day." "We keep trying." "Here we go." "So, what's on the agenda?" "Let's go shopping." "Inner health and well-being you can now buy." "Howmuchis thelittlewatchupthere?" "There's a man with his penis and a fat woman." ""Preparetomeetthy God ."" " Uh-oh." "When?" " When?" "Okay, and... action." "Lookatallthis." "I'm having a crisis of joy." "Ooh!" "What's nice here is the lighting." "Ah!" "They're doing a film." "Do you know who Debbie Reynolds is?" " Of course!" " She's my mother." " Debbie Reynolds?" " Yeah, so" " No." " Yes." "So,youknowwho EddieFisheris?" " Of course I know Eddie" " Okay, that's my father." "Oh, and I'm in "Star Wars." You know that movie?" "Yes, of cour" "I'm Princess Leia." "Yes!" "This." "Oh!" "I need a picture!" "Well, you're getting a picture, look." "Look, they want" "Am I getting a picture with Princess L-- take one and then you can send it to me." "My son will go ballistic!" "So, was it good to see the "Star Wars" gang again?" "Anybody you have history with, it's interesting to see them after a while or not" "I've seen Harrison and Mark over the years." "You sort of run into one another in the cafeteria, the celebrity cafeteria." "And they-- you know, we all just look more melted." "Did you always want to be an actress?" "No, I wasn't running around saying, "I want to be an actress."" "You know, I think you got exactly the same eyes as your mother," " and your chin's a little bit like hers, too." " No, it isn't." "I only did "Shampoo" because I was hanging around the set, and they-- you know, I mean, almost." "Iwasatype." "ThatwaswhenDebbiewantedmetousetheword" screw"" "insteadof"fuck,"" "andWarrenhadtocome over andconvinceher." "Can't we just, uh, be friends?" "You want to fuck?" "And "Star Wars" came out when I was 20." "I met Paul the next year, and, boom." "Suddenly, I'm with the people thatarethebestatwhattheydo , thebestactorsand the bestdirectors." "Andthatwasfun and scarytobe aroundthat." "It was all a surprise." "It all happened very fast and very soon." "Carrie, someone's here!" "Hey, fuckface!" " Coming!" " Where are you?" "!" " Oh, my God." " Who the fuck is this?" "Home at last." "It's Gary, our son." "Where are we going?" "We're going into the bedroom, as per usual." "So how's the new "Star Wars" going?" " I'm not allowed to answer that." " Oh, that's right, you can't." "Close your eyes." " Can I open them?" " Yeah." "That's the only part of the "Happy Birthday" song" " that I've been able to learn." "That is what we sing now." "Oh, my God." "That is filthy." "Look it, that's his dick that's keeping the time." " As it can do." " It's a second-hand dick." " It's so beautiful." " Isn't it great?" " But I can really keep it?" " You can really keep it." "You know, I was thinking it's very funny that we're running into each other in London, too, because so many things happened to us here in London." "I remember you had a boyfriend and you were a virgin, and you didn't want him to know you were a virgin." "So I helped you out as a friend." " He relieved me of the" " The burden." "Burden of my..." " What is that called?" " Virginity." " No, no, no, but-- hymen." " Oh, the hymen." "I took the pressure off your hymen." "My hymen was a burden to me." "But that's what a real friend does." " That really is." " But it was funny." "They always say sex-- sex can ruin a friendship, but we were young enough where it didn't." " No, it was" " I bet now it would." "No, it wouldn't." "No." "Swear to God, my mother, she offered for me to have sex with this guy Albert, and she would supervise..." " Albert and I having sex." " Actual having sex?" " Actual having sex." " Walking you through it." "Yeah, because she apparently has some tips on that." ""You take the staff of life and the grapes."" "Oh, God." "For some reason, I have to tell you this." "The first time I saw test-- like, this is a tour of the first times of genitals for me, just endless tour." "Harry-- we all slept in the room with them, and Harry slept in this top." "And he would go to the bathroom." "So, here we go." " Now, we're all there." " Oh, God." "Why?" " Ugh." " And here comes Dumbo." "I'mseeingthegrapes,wheretheywouldbe." "This angry slather of balls." "That is a horrible story." "He was so awful." "Actually, Eddie turns out to be one of the better ones." " Oh, my God, what a bar." " I know." "You know, we can kind of laugh and everything, but I remember you would look forward to seeing your father or talk, and he would let you down, like, over and over and over again." "And so, I always felt like, God, what a prick." "And I was so stupid about it, though." "Yes, you were." "And you didn't see it coming." "You were an open-faced sandwich." "Like, "Yeah, I'm right here."" " There we go." "There's a good title." " And, bam!" ""The Open-Faced Sandwich."" "Buthesuddenlydid makemore appearances." "He came and stayed with me." "He came to me." "And he said, "I need, like," "$5,000, $10,000 for clothes."" "I said, "I don't have it." "And he went, "You don't have it?" "!"" "And he now points to my house." ""You don't have it?" "!"" "And I said, "Dad you're a singer, not an actor." "Don't make a scene."" "At that time, he was kind of like a guy who used to be famous, a sort of washed-up, you know, um... you know, lounge act." "It just makes me cringe when you think about stars that aren't stars anymore." " Yeah." " It's humiliating." "Todd, you said you could sing like your father." "Oh, yeah." "When Eddie left," "Iwas,like,ayear old." "One of the first times I really connected with my father was after I shot myself in the leg in New York." "Itwasthefirsttime Ihad reallyheardfrommydad." "Heneverhadcalledmebeforeinmylife." "Iwaslike,"Wow,that 'sunusual."" "But, you know, I had to shoot myself in the leg to get him to make me a call." "I have not been the best father in the world." "Istillhavethatguiltofnot puttingin acertainamountoftime that IthoughtIshouldhave." "AllI hadin my headfor yearsandyears andyearswas making sure that I had my drugs." "Well, my dad started off very early withcrystalmeth." "Itallstartedwithhimsaying," ""God,I justcan'tdothis show ." "I'msosick."" "Andthisdoctorwas there,andhesaid," Look, Igotashot."" "Andhegavehim thisshot ,and, man, hewentoutthere andsunghisheartout." "Andhewaslike,"That'sincredible!"" "Hewasbeingtolditwasvitaminshots." "Thatsamedoctorwas givingitto PresidentKennedy andtoJ. EdgarHoover, anda lotof veryprominentpeople weretakingthesesamedrugs untileverybodyrealizedwhatitwas." "Butthenit 'stoolate,now, isn'tit?" "People that get into drugs generally make stupid choices." "Ifyoulookatmydad's life, hegot stuckonstupid andendedup blowinghis career." "Puff Daddy." "Youwantabeverage?" "My father, the way that I had arelationshipwithhim ,finally, was I became his parent, and that was the way to have the relationship." "It's very important." "And so I got to know him astherewaslessofhimto know." "Was I always funny?" "You know what?" "I used to be funny for you." "'Cause I thought if I was really funny that you would want to be around me all the time." "I would make myself wonderful for your return." "See?" "And it finally paid off." "I wanted to be your best girl, and that's" " I had tough competition." "Yeah." "Well, you know, if your competition to be best girl with you is Elizabeth Taylor, well, I don't think I'm gonna do well with that one." "But I think I'm funnier than Elizabeth Taylor." "Anyway, that's always been a goal." "You love me?" "I love you." "You're loveable." "So, here we are, approaching the third auction ofmymother'scollection." "Unfortunately,mymotherjustfell  becauseshewasdizzywalkingintoherbathroom." "When we saw her, we were all in horror because we were like, "Wait a minute." "You know, you could have broke your neck or be dead right now."" "I fainted." "I went plummeting to the ground." "And I hit a rock or-- you know, in my bathroom." "And it was 12:00 at night, and it just bruised everything." "But" " I know, I'll do the interview like this!" "But the subject never came up tocanceltheauction." "Youknow,Isuspectshe'sgoing toshowup  tothepartiesand act like nothing's wrong, which is what she does so well." "Here we are." "Here we are, here we are." "Oh, this is murder." "You ready to come up?" "I've got your arm." " Good evening!" " I'm Princess Leia's mother." "I'm wondering now, you're about to be done with the third" "Final." "It's the end of an era, but we hope that the public enjoy all these fabulous things." "What is it about show business that connects the two of you when you're not on a red carpet?" "We are always on a red carpet." "We have red carpets at home, connecting our homes." "We are not people with personas." "This is everything that came out of my mother, right here, these two." " Ugh." " That doesn't sound good." "That doesn't sound very good." "Well,it'sagoodthing." "I'll ask one more question." "Sold." "475 to paddle number 1073." "My mom, she's having second thoughts about the Rat Pack costumes." "Shesaid,"I thinkIwant tokeepthem."" "Shepersonallycollectedtheseoutfits." "Debbie went to Peter Lawford." "And he was like, "Why in the hell do you want my underwear and socks and my outfit?"" "Andshe'slike,"Iwant thewhole ensemble, andI wantit forthe museum." "I had a dream last night." "I say it's a vision." "I say it's someone speaking to me, that I should not sell the boys." "When I worked with Frank, he called me "sweetie."" ""Comeon,sweetie,sit overhere ."" "So, I don't want to sell, and I have to be here and I have to be happy about it, so I have to have happy things in my head." "Ilovehavingmyghosts andI lovehavingmymemories." "It'slikeyouhaveafriendforever." "It makes me smile when I even just say their names." "Sold, 650 to paddle 6000." "Atthetime,the HollywoodHeritageMuseum did not have the funds or the property of the Hollywood current museum as it says in the catalogue, so, with that in mind, we'regoingto selllot number235." "Openingbid?" "20,000." "Joehasthe bid at20,000." "20,000,theopeningbid ." "$22,500." "Is that a bid, sir?" "Or are you just-- yep." "25,000." "Thankyou." "25,000." "Gentlemanontheaisleat25,000 fortheCharlieChaplin-  27,500." " 27,500." "Nextwouldbe 30,000." "Goingonce,goingtwice, sellingfor$27,500." "The dog will not leave, so do you want him to lie down?" "Um, he's okay there." "But I'm gonna sort of face that way a little bit." "'Cause I just" " I look so bad." "I don't want to face direct." "No, you're gonna talk to me..." " Oh, good, good." " ...but I was gonna stand right here." "Now... is the hair in one place?" " The hair?" " It's one place." "Okay, there we are." "The hair looks very good." "Okay,howareyou--bytheway,howareyoudoing?" "Well, it's not my best day, but that's all right because we've had other days that are worse." "Have we?" "I'm happy to be here." "FirstthingIwanttoaskyouabout ishowmanyyearswere youunder contractatMGM?" "I was at MGM from 1948... through "How the West Was Won."" "We made a lot of pictures at MGM, and I had a wonderful time." "I had a wonderful time." "I had... youth, you know." "I had" " I was just a kid." "I didn't know anything, and they taught me everything." "Canwetalkalittlebitaboutyourbrother andjustalittlebitabout Texas ?" " Because, um..." " If you like." " Is that okay?" " Sure." "Oh,hi,Carrie!" "You're going?" "I'm going." "Go to bed." "Yes, go to bed." "Saygoodnighttoeverybody." "Good night to everybody." "Will you come back and visit us?" "No, no, no." "She's got to go to bed." "Oh, no!" "Oh, no!" "The alarm!" "She's locked in now!" "Wait, Carrie!" "I have no idea what the alarm is." "Oh, my God." "I-I have no" " I have no idea..." "Oh, my God." "Now the police with come?" "I suppose." "Michael?" "Try 985-3193 or something." "I don't remember ever..." "I don't remember ever, ever turning this alarm on." "It wasn't my day." "That's it!" " Yay!" " Ohh!" "Debbie, while you're here, canyoujusttellusabout theshoesandstuff?" "Okay." "ThisisJudyGarland'sshoe ." "Well, was, of course." "They look small, don't they?" "Mm-hmm." "They would fit me." "Doyouthinktheyfityounow?" "She wore 5 1/2." "I'll get that for you." " Sorry." " Okay." "I think we should end it at the end of this." "Okay, yeah." "'Cause I think everything's going wrong." "Okay." "And this... is..." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Chaplin." "Come on." "Come on." "Thanks, Debbie." " Come on." " You got it?" "Mm-hmm." "Dwight!" "Do you want to go to Vegas?" "I know Dwight does." "Dwight always wants to go to Vegas." "And they get very excited." "Come on, it's hard to take both of them." "Comeon,Dwig." "We are going to do Vegas with my mother." "I didn't know it until my daughter told me." "It'sabsurd." "Ifyou'regoingtoretire,youretire ." "She retires and books an engagement in Vegas, and then says, "Come help me."" "I don't believe that that's the last one." "This is all against doctor's orders, now, as if any orders apply to Debbie." "But everyone ends up in Vegas." "Youknow,if my mother'sunhappy, it lives on my grid, so I both want to and have to help my mother." "Shewasverygoodtohermother , and her mother didn't deserve it." "Debbie deserves it." "When Debbie got into show business, obviouslyitwasabigdifferenceinyour lives, butdidyoulikeit?" "Mm-mm." "I think it's phony." "Your mother never knew what it was, and we went in blind." "And did you encourage her to go in?" "No." "In fact, I've tried to get her out of it." "What did Grandpa think of show business?" "Eh,hethoughtitwasa crazy wayto makealiving ." "Well, what do you wish that she would have done?" "Shewantedto be agym teacher." "Youknowthat." "You think she would have been happier doing that?" "Ithinkit wouldhavebeen more normal." "Butsheloveswhatshe'sdoing ,let's faceit." "Loveditall,and stilldoes ." " Yeah, she does." " Yeah." "God gave her brains, but He didn't put 'em up here," "He put 'em down in her ankles." "This is the view of the whole-- this is Vegas." "I'vebeencomingheresincethe'60s, butthiswillbeprobablythefinale ." "I'm not feeling that well, and so, to be well enough to do my whole show," "I asked my children if they would come up and relieve me." ""Carrie says, 'Mother, youknowIstartedinyouract at 14 years of age."" "Who talks like that?" ""Todd comes onstage and the family banters."" "I don't want to make fun of it, 'cause it's sweet and she wrote this." "Then she sings "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening"" "and "Tammy."" "Ihopeit worksout well." "And the song that she's picked, for me-- perfect." "The only way you make it through life is to fight." "Youdon'tgettheretheeasyway." "Ifyoufeelsorryforyourself andyouletyourselfgodown youwilldrown." "Why don't we get you out of there" "Just-- see that doorway down there?" "No, I know where to park it." " Okay." " How about we walk you..." " ...and then we'll..." " Well, first I want to" "I'll take care of your cart." " Okay." " She goes out the opposite." " Well." " I was trying to get you out the easy" "I know." "I saw where you were going." "I was trying to get the stuff." " I'll take care of this." " I've got it." " All right." " Thank you." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "Here's Debbie!" "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "Welcome to the South Point Hotel." "I look what?" " Good!" " Oh, thank-- oh!" "Beautiful." "She says I look all right." "Do I look all right back there?" "Down here, I look like a hooker." "This is it, you know." "You folks came at the right time." "This is my last weekend ever to be in show business." " I'm gonna be..." " Aww." "I've got to retire." "Come on, say-- wish me luck." "Yeah, "Good luck, Debbie!" "Yeah."" "I enjoyed making that" " I'll never say no..." " Uh-oh." "To you" "You know my daughter." "Whatever you say I'll do" "If you ask me to wait..." "Carrie Fisher." "...for a lifetime" "You know I'll gladly wait" "For a lifetime or two" "Just to look at you..." "Ah!" "I'll smile" "If you say be glad" "I'll weep" "'Cause I'm bipolar..." "Today is tomorrow" "If you do too much blow..." "I'll stay" "Or I'll go" "But I'll" "Never say" "No." "My daughter." "Nice to see you." "Oh, likewise." " Please don't retire." " Oh, no, it's time." " So beautiful." " I love you." " Bye-bye." " Bye-bye." "Great show." "Thank you." "Hi." "How are you doing?" "Bye-bye." "Good night." "Hi, Alexis." "ThisisDonaldcallingforDebbie." "She'snotgonnabeable todo thattomorrow." "I'mgonnaputher on soyoucanhearhowhervoiceis." "Holdononesecond." "Okay." " She's not there?" " No." "Hello,Alexis?" "ThisisDebbie." "IfI can'tspeak," "Idon'tknowareasontotry to doa recording." "Whydon'twe justforgetaboutthistillI'mwell ?" "I'msorryto botheryou withit." "Sorrytobotherthe bothofus ." "Anyway,CarriesaysIshouldstopsaying that." "I'msorry." "ButI amsorry." "Bye ." "So, just when we thought she'd stay home for a while, mymomgetsthisbiglifetimeachievementaward, andshe'srightthereback inthespotlight." "Actress Debbie Reynolds will be the recipient ofthisyear'sScreenActorsGuild LifetimeAchievementAward." "Theceremonywillbebroadcastlive fromtheShrineAuditoriuminHollywood,California." "She was already making up speeches in her head." "You know, she's like..." "Her thing is sort of like, "Well, I'm-- finally, they're..."" "But she doesn't say that." "But they haven't been-- they haven't lavished her with awards." "Yep, you sit at your seat, just next to your mom here." "That would be terrific." "Here we go." "Debbie Reynolds, Lifetime Achievement Award." "DebbieReynolds,LifetimeAchievementAward." "CarrieFisher,standinginforDebbieReynolds." "Todd, I" " Todd, I stayed overnight." "I was-- yeah." "She doesn't feel well." "She feels like shit." "Then let's do that." "Let's let her not be there at the table, and lay down..." "That doesn't matter." "It doesn't matter." "I'll find out, but it doesn't matter." "Oh, how much time would she have to sit at the table?" "We're gonna need some kind of place for her to lay down." "Yeah." "Sure." "Okay, so if there's just, like, anything that's not embarrassing." "We'll make an area for her." "Got it." "We'll-- we'll-  we can make this work." " She's like..." "Yeah." "It's okay, Carrie." "We can make this work." "We've done it before." "They're gonna set aside, like a little area for her... so she can do it, you know." "I know." "Give Debbie my best, all right?" "Hi, Mama." "I passionately, passionately am going to marry you while you're sleeping tonight." "And by the morning, I will have taken all your money." "No, I want your bedroom cleared." "Except for me because I'm your favorite!" "Oh." "I'm sorry." "God damn it." "I know." "Well, please, could-- is there any way you could go to sleep... now?" "Okay, I'll get off the phone with you." "I'm" " I'm coming home." "I like Christmas." "Ilikethelights." "Mymom... sheisChristmas." "She'ssomethingspecial." " Wait, did you get drinks?" " Yeah, perfect." "Seriously, though, you secretly want something." "I know you do." "You know, I could do a pretty good Streisand." "Your voice is beautiful." "Thank you." "Um..." "I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas!" "Youknowwhatwouldbeso cool?" "To get to the end of my personality... and just, like, lay in the sun." "Oh, I have to watch a little of this." "I'm sick of myself." "Smile." "I love this movie." "Iloveeverylyric." "Are you okay, Carrie?" "Mmm." "That's how I've gotten through a lot of it..." " is abstract it..." " Mm-hmm." "...so that it's not happening to me." "It's..." "I just" " I'm a, um... type of bird." "I'm manic right now." "I didn't know if you've..." "And I haven't been for a while." "It'll go out of style soon, and then I'll just be quirky." "Ohh!" "Careful, all right?" "I make my own blends." "Okay, you just kind of..." " Fun tonight." " It's more than fun." "It's-- it's magical, and things will start happening now thatyouwanttohave happen." "You are fucking amazing." "I'm fuckin' amazing!" "I know." "Yeah, later, because they..." "I know..." "Is she moving at all?" "Todd, you've got to get her out." "You can't push her or you don't get nothin'." "If you push, and then she gets mad, you can't have that." "That's the worst thing that could happen, so you've gotta just kind of act like..." "The show has started." "And I'd like to accept this award on behalf of every dog on Earth." "Jodie Hattaway!" "Can you go check and just tell us anything?" "Yes,I willbe happyto." "Does she realize that we're gonna miss the show?" "Of course." "Should I go and, like, ,hustle her out?" "Your mom or Debbie?" "Here comes the old lady." "I'm very sorry." "Yay!" "We're here, Mom, right here." "Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa." "So, hello, gorgeous." "Who said that?" "I want to tell you all what fun it is to go out on the town." "Have a good time." "Thank you." "I just want to say..." "Your segment." "What is my award?" "Now I can't even think." "You're getting the Lifetime Achievement Award." "Life-- well, that's the thing, see?" "I get upset, so I can't remember anything." "It's an achievement that you even got here." "That's the real achievement." "This is the what award?" "Lifetime Achievement." " But..." " Screen Actors Guild." " Screen Actors Guild." " But it's on the prompter." "Carrie, was the prompter big enough?" "The prompter is huge." "I just want to know what it is." "Like, in real life right now, like we're talking here-- we're talking, and we're just saying." "We're just saying it's the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award." "It's just called a Life Achievement-- like S-A-G?" "SAG Lifetime Achievement Award." "Screen Actors Guild." " SAG." "SAG." " SAG." "Lifetime." "You don't really have to say it, I don't think." " I have to say it." " I'm not worried about that." "I just want to really know" "She's gonna set it all up for you." "I just really want to know what it really is." "Right now, I just blanked out." "It's the biggest honor in your industry." " It is?" " It's a big deal." " I mean, it actually is." " It is!" "No, it is." "It's the biggest honor." "Do you have enough air on you back there?" "You know, you keep asking me questions." " Did you--?" " I don't need any questions." "Don't ask you questions." "Okay." "I'm just trying to stay, uh, level, like I'm" " I'm" " I'm, uh..." "Don't talk to us." "Just relax." "Just breathe." "If you could slow down just a tiny, tiny, tiny little bit." "I know you're being coached." "Vomiting is a possibility." "I know." "Best of all, don't-- don't" "I don't-- no, I'm not." "I know." " Ohh." " Okay, here we go." "Looks like I'm going onstage." "Please welcome Carrie Fisher." "Okay." "Uh..." "I am very close to this year's" "Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award honoree." "Hey!" "Gary,look,there'syourmommy." "I found it difficult to share my mother withheradoringfans..." "She's nervous as hell, isn't she?" "She has lived two lives..." "I mean, she was throwing up leading into this." "I'm sure Carrie's flipping out." "I am proud to present the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award to my mother, Debbie Reynolds!" "Ahh!" "Thank you." "Thank you." "I want to thank the Screen Actors Guild for awarding me with this tonight." "It's very unexpected." "And, you know, I've been in the business now 66 years." "And, uh, my favorite movie was "Singin' in the Rain."" "Well, I did mention-- did I say that?" "Yeah." "And I had a good time making that picture, wearing myself out." "God gave us talent, so we're very fortunate." "We all are." "What we do best, believe in it." "And of course, we-- we do that of course, and my favorite movie was "The Unsinkable Molly Brown,"" "and I had a lot of fun doing that." "Thank you." "In that movie, I got to sing a wonderful film-- uh, song, called, uh, "I Ain't Down Yet."" "Well, I ain't." "Thank you all very much for this wonderful award." "Thank you." "Coming up" " Ethan Hawke," "PatriciaArquette,RashidaJones,Andy Samberg, and,withaspecialtribute,LievSchreiber." " How was it?" " It was fine." " Fine." " Were you nervous at all up there?" " Um, yes, but not for" " I was nervous." "I was nervous!" "When did you not get nervous?" "You seemed like you settled down." "Well, no, it wasn't that I-- the whole evening, to me, was wonderful." "And there's no business like show business." " Tonight" " You know what?" "I have to say something." "Everything about it is appealing." "Something that the traffic will applaud." "Everything." "No, seriously, everything, well, the traffic will allow." " Nowhere can you get..." " That happy feeling." "When you're stealing-- and I don't mean, you know, out-and-out stealing..." "An extra bow." "Extra bow." "But there's no people like show people." "There are people like show people." " Nah, it's true." " Now, that's true." "Well, the smiling when they're low..." " ...us schizophrenics are like that." " Oh, really?" " So, they're like show people." " Really?" "If they offered you another Life Achievement Award, would you do it?" "Now, I can't be funny about tonight." "It's too special." " Okay." " It was a special night." "But that was a good question, though." "Could you handle another life achievement award?" "'Cause they're gonna see that you did one, and they're gonna want to do" "That's right, the floodgates are open." "I can't answer it, because... it's too special, and I won't be here then." "I will have gone on." "So it's very important for this moment" "For the big life achievement." "You don't get a chance to have a moment like this very often." "It's not like any moment." "It's its own special moment." "Yeah! "Ever since this world began."" "All right, we have to stop, asmytherapistlikestosay." "Say good night, George." "Can'tyousay,"Goodnight,George,"" "andI 'llsay,"Goodnight,Gracie"?" "That's not original, Mother." "Oh, I know, but it shouldn't be." "Itshouldbe justsimplyfunny." "It'sslightlyamusingtoyou." "Why continue working so hard?" "Say good night." "Good night, andthankyoufor joiningushere aroundourfamily"herth"--"harth."" "Hearth!" "You know I loved you."