Henry Thomas Quotes

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

Give, Illusion, Complicate

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

Drive, Wear, Horses

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

Family, Death, Weird

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

School, Wear, Tuxedo

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

Bad, Long, Grow

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.
Henry Thomas

Parents, Friends, After

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.
Henry Thomas

Films, Changed, Industry

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.
Henry Thomas

Family, Parents, Strange

I think it's great when girls are artistic.
Henry Thomas

Great, Artistic

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.
Henry Thomas

Money, Successful, Made

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

Getting, Public, Everybody

I would inevitably get the girls who were interested in me because I was the guy from E.T. It was kind of tough. I can't deny ever capitalizing upon it but on the whole in my teens I was pretty virtuous.
Henry Thomas

Pretty, Tough, Whole

I've got a lot of crazy plans.
Henry Thomas

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

Enough, Income, Castle

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.
Henry Thomas

Time, After, Kid

It's harder to laugh than to cry.
Henry Thomas

Laugh, Cry, Harder

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

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.
Henry Thomas

Good, Great, Made

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.
Henry Thomas

Famous, Crazy, Stupid

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

Today, Idea, Year

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 9, 1971

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