Lea Thompson Quotes

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

  Lea Thompson

  Laughter, People, Use

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

  Lea Thompson

  Sarcastic, Sadness, Jokes

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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.

  Lea Thompson

  Mother, Kids, Self Worth

  "Lea Thompson Talks Parenting, DWTS And Taking Charge After 50". Interview with Caroline Presno, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2014.

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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.

  Lea Thompson

  Thinking, Play, Careers

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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.

  Lea Thompson

  Children, Thinking, Depth

  Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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• I only grow hair in places that men like.

  Lea Thompson

  Men, Hair, Grows

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• Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.

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  Inspirational, Training, Age

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• I don't even know how to swim!

  Lea Thompson

  Swim, Jiu Jitsu, Know How

  Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Very good in the Back to the Future movies, but was born to play Caroline in the City.

  Lea Thompson

  Play, Cities, Born

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• My kids can't watch ('Howard the Duck'). By the time I get in bed with the duck, they are, like, 'Turn it off, mom. You in bed with a duck is just pretty much a deal breaker.'

  Lea Thompson

  Mom, Kids, Ducks

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. March 9, 2009.

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• If I don't have to act, I'd rather not. I'd rather not act cold. I'd rather actually be cold. That's my weird way of acting. If the door is supposed to be locked, I'd rather have it locked. But of course, most of the time, we have to act, and that's okay, too.

  Lea Thompson

  Doors, Acting, Way

  "Lea Thompson Talks THIN ICE, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, the BACK TO THE FUTURE Broadway Musical, RED DAWN Remake and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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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.

  Lea Thompson

  Children, Mean, Land

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

  Lea Thompson

  Years, People, Four

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

  Lea Thompson

  Stars, Ends, Lifelong

  Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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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.

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  Cities, Interesting, Sitcom

  Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Nowadays with the internet, it's an equal opportunity brutal playing field. I mean, everyone is brutal to everybody half the time. People can be unbelievably brutal on the internet, about everything. But they can also be really, really nice. The problem is that human beings like to focus on the negative sometimes, unfortunately.

  Lea Thompson

  Nice, Mean, Opportunity

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• As a mother, anyone who has a teenager can attest to being really excited when they have something positive to be putting their energy into. They have so much energy, and it can go in the wrong direction.

  Lea Thompson

  Mother, Teenager, Being Real

  "Lea Thompson Talks THIN ICE, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, the BACK TO THE FUTURE Broadway Musical, RED DAWN Remake and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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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.

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  Fun, Creative, Littles

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

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  People, Dawn, Littles

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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!

  Lea Thompson

  Desire, Periods, Extremes

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

  Lea Thompson

  Shocking, Get Back, Hard

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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.

  Lea Thompson

  Thinking, Break, Carnivals

  "Lea Thompson Admits She Likes the Seedy Side of Splinterheads". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. November 2009.

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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.

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  Horse, Fun, Gun

  Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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

  Lea Thompson

  Precision, Exciting, Sitcom

  Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.

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