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Carrie Fisher was an international super star by the time before she was 22, so if anyone knows the stake it takes on Young Hollywood it is her. So Princess Leia wrote a letter to the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus and so on in Black Book (
via Canoe! Jam) and I hope they read it.
(Lindsay’s) a mess. She should back out of the whole scene and move to the f**king south of France.
Life in the spotlight can be cruel. It sets you apart from other people, so that life becomes more about what you are than who you are. That’s what happened to me. It’s a privileged job, which is why everyone wants it, but it used to mean you earned those privileges based on talent. Now you can become famous for being a spectacle…
Acquiring celebrity can be an exciting thing, but there never comes a time, once you have it, when you can relax and say, ’Okay, I’m famous now. Isn’t this great?’ Fame is something you have to maintain, like a weird garden… Don’t imagine that Julia Roberts is just kicking back in her house with her kids.
My advice to Young Hollywood? If you’re an actor, learn another skill. Write a book or play an instrument – at the very least, learn to manage your own finances… I wish I’d known all of this earlier, and I wish I’d paid more attention to my life as it was going by.
I hope that not only is Young Hollywood reading this, but so are their parents.
