CARRIE Fisher is calling out young Hollywood stars like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton — urging them to “stop for a minute to appreciate where you could be.”

The Star Wars actress says today’s tabloid favorites should clean up and stop throwing away amazing opportunities they’re given.

“Lindsay’s a mess,” Carrie said. “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.”

Fisher recently admitted she hates being a fatty — and being compared to Elton John!

“I’m fat,” she said.

“All the clothes in my closet belong to another chick. They have to make a new alphabet for my bra size.”

“I would just graze, but I didn’t do it healthy — it was like putting on the feed bag,” she added.

“I look on the Internet and they say, ‘Whatever happened to Carrie Fisher? She used to be so hot and now she looks like Elton John‘.

“I was really hurt.”

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