57 Quotes by Lea Thompson

I was such a fan of Cyndi Lauper and her whole 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' thing.

I'm not overweight, but I'm not in shape at all. I do not work out.

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!

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.

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.

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.

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 don't even know how to swim!