Lea Thompson Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.