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
Sitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job.
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.
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.
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.'
The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.
Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.
Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.
In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic.
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.
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.
'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.