Lea Thompson

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.

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.

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

I love really crappy carnivals, where you think the ride is going to break. There's something so seedy about them.

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

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 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.

As you get older, you have to fix your insides, because your face naturally gets a little crabby-looking, so if you're thinking mean thoughts, you look doubly mean when you get older. You can't hide it.

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.

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.

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.