Director Steven Spielberg opened up about working with Barrymore on the 1982 classic “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” during a conversation on Saturday at the TCM Classic Film Festival’s 92NY event. The pair reminisced about their time together on the set, with Spielberg saying he was most impressed by his young star’s ability to improv.

Steven Spielberg wanted to become a father after working with Drew Barrymore on the set of 'E.T' when she was a child star.

Steven Spielberg has recently admitted Drew Barrymore was the one star who inspired him to be a father for the first time.Speaking at the TCM Classic Film Festival at 92nd Street Y in New York

Drew Barrymore was the breakout star of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - and she left a particularly significant impression on the film's director. Steven Spielberg, who produced and directed a then-seven-year-old Barrymore in the 1982 film,