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.

Drew Barrymore said on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" that she was Steven Spielberg's "training wheels" before the director became a parent.

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

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,