Henry Thomas quotes:

Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.

I grew up in a rural area, I was from kind of a poor family and my parents weren't showbiz people. But going back was strange, and perhaps stranger for the other students.

I probably complicate things unnecessarily now just to give the illusion of professionalism.

I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan.

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere.

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.

Even if I had a tuxedo I wouldn't wear it to school.

I understood why films were made, and if they made a lot of money, they were successful. All of these things I knew. As a ten-year-old boy, I didn't really think a lot about finances or celebrity. I always viewed films as kind of what I imagined a summer camp to be like.

I was getting a lot of hassles from the public. Everybody recognized me.

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.