Quotes from Lea Thompson

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

I mostly played 'Pac-Man', but I played 'The Sims' with my kids when they were growing up.

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 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.

'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.

'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.

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

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.

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.

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.

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.