Lea Thompson

“I hate when people don't hear the actual words out of your mouth or even the intent of it. They just hear something completely different.”

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

“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.”

“Casual games are a great way to spend time when you get bored. It's hard to keep people off all their little games.”

“Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And, for me, that was a song I went to when I was feeling sad and wanted to feel even sadder.”

“'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.”

“'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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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 to be useful to somebody else... For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me.”

“You're sexy when you're young. You've got it going on, and then you have your kids, and you give your whole life to your kids, and then they're kind of gone, and like, what do you do? You've got to fight to stay inspired, and you've got to fight to learn new things and stay young in your heart.”

“I play a lot of 'Scrabble' with my brother online.”

“Sitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job.”

“I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.”

“I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.”