Henry Thomas

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

just things professionalism illusion

Seeing a time period captured in film, you know, it does make you feel nostalgic.

feel know you time

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

tuxedo wear even school

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.

walk good you people

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

public getting everybody me

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

weird family photograph death

It's harder to laugh than to cry.

laugh than harder cry

I've got a lot of crazy plans.

got lot plans crazy

If I can generate enough income, I'd like to get a castle, a historic castle that I can restore.

castle like i-can enough

I think it's great when girls are artistic.

i-think great think artistic

I can't stay in L.A. too long or it starts to grow on me in a bad way.

grow me long way

It's really important to go back to where you come from.

back go you important

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

wear drive truck boots

The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today.

something year 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.

feel just like know

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.

boy think always money

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.

parents child me friends

The one thing I've always done is to try not to overcomplicate anything.

anything try always done

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.

you crazy stupid world

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.

like me shy time