Lea Thompson on working with her daughters Maddie and Zoey Deutch

Out of Back to the future To Changed at birth, Leah Thompson‘s prolific career spans decades and genres. However, the actress’ proudest career moment was working with her daughters. Maddie And Zoey German.

“The proudest moment of my career was showing my daughters Madelyn Deutch and Zoey Deutch The year of the spectacular menthe film I made with them,” Thompson, 63, reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us weeklynow at the kiosk. “My daughters Maddie and Zoey produced it and starred in it with me, and Maddie wrote it, composed the music and wrote and sang the songs. Being able to create something that I admire and love with my two daughters was my proudest moment.”

The 2017 film was a complete family affair, with Thompson’s husband, Howard Germanalso works as a producer. The film is Thompson’s feature directorial debut and follows Maddie as Izzy Klein and Zoey as her sister Sabrina as they navigate young adulthood. Thompson also plays the mother of her daughters in the film.

As Maddie and Zoey have built their respective careers, they can rely on Thompson for advice on navigating Hollywood — and, of course, vintage clothing.

“I collect a lot of things, but my favorite collection is vintage clothing because I can use them in different movies and my kids can rent them,” Thompson said Us.

Keep scrolling to see more funny anecdotes from Thompson, who is currently starring on Hallmark+ The chicken sisters:

New episodes of The chicken sisters can be streamed every Thursday on Hallmark+.

1. My favorite vacation spot is my double-wide in Montana.

2. I refer to mine chicken sisters Character, Nancy, because she’s such a family man. She will do anything to keep her family together. I’m different because I swear a lot.

3. I kept both pink date night outfits Kind of wonderful.

4. I have ambidextrous eyebrows. I can lift one eyebrow at a time, which is especially important when you’re an aging actress, which means I don’t have Botox in my eyebrows.

5. My favorite childhood memory is swimming all day in the lake with my brothers and sisters in Minnesota.

6. My first car was a white AMC Gremlin. It was a very strange car. The car cost $999 new and it was such a terrible car that it was stolen – and returned – twice. Nobody wanted it!

7. My favorite item in my closet is my mother’s painting jacket, which has paint all over it. She died so I put it on to get a hug from her every day.

8. If I wasn’t an actor, I would probably be what I was originally: a dance teacher or choreographer because I was a ballet dancer. My first job was with a ballet company, the Minnesota Dance Theater. I was paid $63 a week.

9. My favorite movie is one that I have loved since I was a little girl growing up in Minnesota: Harold and Maude. The soundtrack is by Cat Stevens, who was also one of my favorite songwriters.

10. The actress I looked up to as a child was Audrey Hepburn. I just thought she was everything.

11. My favorite song to sing at karaoke is “Something to Talk About” by Bonnie Raitt.

12. The proudest moment of my career was showing my daughters Madelyn Deutch and Zoey Deutch The year of the spectacular menthe film I made with them. My daughters Maddie and Zoey produced it and starred in it with me, and Maddie wrote it, composed the music, and wrote and sang the songs. Being able to create something that I admire and love with my two daughters was my proudest moment.

13. My favorite thing to cook is my mother’s spaghetti, which is whatever is in the fridge and minced meat.

14. I’m really into Chinese food. My favorite takeout order is chicken, vegetables, and fried rice.

15. Growing up, I had crushes on celebrities Michael Jackson. The big thing was Donnie Osmond or Michael Jackson, and I was in the Michael Jackson group.

16. My favorite book is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humanity from Yuval Noah Harari. I love the science of being human because I feel like it helps me become a better actor and director. It’s a fascinating book, I just love it. I read it three times because I want to remember everything in it.

17. The movie I starred in that I always watch when it’s on TV is Back to the future because it’s on TV a lot.

18. My most impressed moment was when I met Sally Ridethe first woman to ever be in space when I was filming SpaceCamp. I was so speechless and stunned. I’ve always been a space junkie, I just love space and science fiction.

19. I can’t live without a bath, this is how I relax.

20. I collect many things, but my favorite collection is vintage clothing because I can use them in different movies and my children can borrow them.

21. My secret talent is making amazing Halloween costumes.

22. The most famous person in my phone book is Michael J Fox. He was mine [onscreen] son for [almost] 40 years!

23. One thing I learned from playing Amanda Jones Somehow wonderful was that I really shouldn’t wear a miniskirt and cowboy boots. Things don’t look good for me.

24. The song that brings back the best memories is “Don’t Stop Believin'” by Journey, because that was a hit when I started acting and I was getting role after role.

25. My favorite moment from Caroline in the city was in the episode “Caroline and the Taxi Driver”. I couldn’t stop laughing Saverio Guerrawho played the taxi driver.