Steven Spielberg wanted to become a father after working with Drew Barrymore on the set of ‘E.T’ when she was a child star.
The 78-year-old moviemaker – who has Max, 39, with Amy Irving, as well as Theo, 36, Sasha, 34, Sawyer, 32, Mikaela, 28, and Destry with wife Kate Capshaw – directed Drew, 49, in the 1982 film ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ and recalled that the then-child star had inspired him to have his own children.
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Steven replied: “It changed my life also. Up until that point — ’81, ’82 — I was just making movies. That was my life. I was obsessed with telling stories, but making E.T. made me want to be a father for the first time. I never even thought about that until ‘E.T’.”
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Drew joked: “Thank goodness, my job is done.”
Steven added that all of his children have now seen the classic film, although he has not shown it to all of his grandchildren because they are “sill too young” at the moment.
He said: “I have seven kids and six grandkids. I’ve shown the film to all my kids and a couple of my grandkids. Some of them are still too young, because I’m always worried about them being worried about ‘E.T’. and I want to let them know before they turn the corner and are surprised by something, what to expect.”
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Sources: E.T, TCM, Never Been Kissed
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