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
It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.
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.
Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.
And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.
It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.
One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!
Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
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.
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.
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.
As a mother, anyone who has a teenager can attest to being really excited when they have something positive to be putting their energy into. They have so much energy, and it can go in the wrong direction.
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.
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.