Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson
Lea Kathleen Thompsonis an American actress, television director, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the Back to the Future trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom Caroline in the City. Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves, The Beverly Hillbillies, Howard the Duck, Jaws 3-D, Red Dawn, and Some Kind of Wonderful. Since 2011, she has co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth31 May 1961
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.
'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.
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.
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.
'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.'
'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
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.
I always felt like my best years would be from 50 to 65 years old. I don't know why. It was a feeling I had even when I was really young.
I don't like a class system. I don't like the idea of being in a different class than other people.
I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.
Casual games are a great way to spend time when you get bored. It's hard to keep people off all their little games.
'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.
'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.