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Carrie Fisher almost didn't reprise her role in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". The Princess Leia depicter reveals to Good Housekeeping U.K. that she wouldn't have been hired if she did not lose weight. "They don't want to hire all of me - only about three-quarters!" she says.

The pressure on female stars to have slim figure in movie industry hasn't changed since she started her career years ago. She states, "Nothing changes, it's an appearance-driven thing. I'm in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. That is so messed up. They might as well say get younger, because that's how easy it is."

"I did it the same way everybody has to - don't eat and exercise more! There is no other way to do it. I have a harder time eating properly than I do exercising. It's easier for me to add an activity than to deny myself something," she says. "When I do lose the weight I don't like that it makes me feel good about myself. It's not who I am. My problem is they talk to me like an actress but I hear them like a writer."

Fisher adds, "We treat beauty like an accomplishment and that is insane. Everyone in LA says, 'Oh you look good,' and you listen for them to say you've lost weight. It's never 'How are you?' or 'You seem happy!' "