Lea Thompson quotes

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss. (Lea Thompson)
'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical. View quote
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In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 done for them. View quote
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Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars. View quote
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'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. View quote
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One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s! View quote
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It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business. View quote
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I love really crappy carnivals, where you think the ride is going to break. There's something so seedy about them. View quote
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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)
The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying. View quote
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One of things I like about looking at pictures when you're young and also meeting back with old friends you haven't seen in a long time is, for me, it's a glimpse of who I was. View quote
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Howard The Duck' has a lot of fans, and usually when they come up to me, I just think they're the coolest. Because it takes a lot of strength, a lot of perseverance to love 'Howard the Duck. View quote
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I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor. View quote
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'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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years. View quote
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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. View quote
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