Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas
Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr.is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in over 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott Taylor in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He is also known for his roles in films such as Cloak & Dagger, Legends of the Fall, and Gangs of New York. Among Star Wars fans, he is well known as the narrator of three Star Wars: X-Wing books: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, and The Krytos Trap...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 September 1971
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I think it's great when girls are artistic.
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.
The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today.
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.
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.
We shot really well. Usually when we make the shots on the perimeter, that brings them out and we can go inside.
What he wants more than anything else is to be part of a championship team. It would have been the case with any of the teams. It was a tough decision. They all have an opportunity to win, but he just felt that the Spurs were the best fit for him.
The only conclusion one can draw while money was a factor, it wasn't the deciding factor for him. It didn't come down to the team that could pay him the most money.
The contract will make him the highest-paid athlete in the history of Converse. One of the things attractive about the Converse offer was, in addition to the financial aspect, he is going to be the face of this brand.