Lea Thompson Quotes

22 quotes in 361 categories

• Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.
• 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…
• It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.
• 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…
• I don't even know how to swim!
• I love really crappy carnivals, where you think the ride is going to break. There's something so seedy about them.
• 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…
• It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.
• One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!
• Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
• The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.
• Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic.
• And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.
• My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything…
• I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going…
• I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.

Browse Lea Thompson Quotes by Category