Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.
From Henry Thomas
I've got a lot of crazy plans.
I think it's great when girls are artistic.
I can't stay in L.A. too long or it starts to grow on me in a bad way.
The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today.
I don't know if there aren't any films like 'E.T.' anymore. I just feel that the industry has changed so much. There are so many outlets now.
I don't know if I was so much of an outsider until after I started doing films. That put me on the outside. I grew up in Texas, and I wasn't the child of industry parents, and I didn't have a lot of friends in the industry or anything like that.
The one thing I've always done is to try not to overcomplicate anything.
Many times you walk into a room and people have already made up their minds. But it's always good to have something great associated with you.
It was like that for the first six months after 'E.T.' was in cinemas. I'd go out and get mobbed. I was a shy kid, and being approached by adults all the time just freaked me out.
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