A biography for Joely Fisherhasn’t been written yet.
“When I had arrived in Italy, I had my CD Walkman and about 100 CDs. The song that spoke to me was Kate Bush's 'The Man With the Child in His Eyes,' from 1978.”
“I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.”
“I am still learning every day not to watch other people's careers and compare.”
“People really feed on someone else's tragedies or problems.”
“I loved psychology and I loved history.”
“I dive fearless into things.”
“Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.”
“But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today I've had some of her leftover pancakes with peanut butter.”
“I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.”
“I never saw myself as much of a storyteller.”
“I was 2 when my parents - actress Connie Stevens and singer Eddie Fisher - divorced. I was too young to experience the pain of their split, but it was rough growing up with a father who wasn't there.”
“They say seven stages of grief. I think it's more like 77.”
“I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body.”
“My mom says it's an American version of the French name Jolie. My dad says I'm named after Al Jolson.”
“Sometimes I hid my family connections.”
“I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.”
“I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me.”
“I think that the best way to celebrate the other people in my family is to go on.”
“I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.”
“I realized that I've always been a storyteller.”