Lea Thompson Quotes

In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic.
Lea Thompson

Sadness, Making, Joke

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.
Lea Thompson

Laughter, Themselves, Toward

'Red Dawn' was really the most fun I ever had making a movie, because I love Westerns, and I love the idea of being a tomboy, and riding horses and shooting guns.
Lea Thompson

Love, Fun, Idea

'Caroline In The City' was such an interesting thing, because I'd never been on the set of a sitcom or even auditioned for a sitcom when they gave me that part.
Lea Thompson

City, Gave, Auditioned

'Howard the Duck!' That's a really interesting movie. I appreciate my career, because I've had a lot of very interesting ups and downs, and most people... That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it's kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. I mean, it's kind of a poster child for flops.
Lea Thompson

Famous, Mean, Career

I don't even know how to swim!
Lea Thompson

I love really crappy carnivals, where you think the ride is going to break. There's something so seedy about them.
Lea Thompson

Love, Break, Ride

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.
Lea Thompson

Love, Power, Children

It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.
Lea Thompson

Business, Hard, Actually

It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.
Lea Thompson

Work, Hard, Four

Of course, I'd like to produce and direct a blockbuster, but you gotta build up to that. So now I'm learning from a bunch of little movies. And it's more fun with smaller pictures. It's more creative.
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Movies, Learning, Fun

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!
Lea Thompson

Desire, Though, Period

'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
Lea Thompson

Love, Thought, Movie

So when my film career took off, I always felt like I was trying to play catch-up because I hadn't studied acting before. I didn't know how to manage money or my career. When I look back, I think I was a little bit shell-shocked.
Lea Thompson

Money, Career, Trying

The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.
Lea Thompson

Experience, Whole, Exciting

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.
Lea Thompson

End, Buddies, Lifelong

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Nationality: American

Born: May 31, 1961

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