--- title: "1 Life Film Quotes By Jack Thorne" description: "1 Life Film quotes by Jack Thorne. Plus more from Jack Thorne and more Life Film sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg" --- > [I've just had a little boy, and my wife and I called him Elliott because 'E.T.' sort of saved my life because that film is absolutely about something being out there that's greater than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-and-i-called-him-elliott/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg) ## More by Jack Thorne > [Obama said that his performance at bowling was so bad 'it was like the Special Olympics or something.' Disability, by Obama's definition, was about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/obama-said-that-his-performance-at-bowling-was-so-bad-it-was-like-the/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I like working. But now I have a deal with my wife that I take a half-day off each week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-like-working-but-now-i-have-a-deal-with-my-wife-that-i-take-a-half/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [My wife would probably tell you I'm quite a dark person all the time!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/my-wife-would-probably-tell-you-i-m-quite-a-dark-person-all-the-time/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I'm going to feel intimidated whatever: that's just my natural state. So I may as well embrace intimidation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-m-going-to-feel-intimidated-whatever-that-s-just-my-natural-state/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [The stressful time is the blank page at the beginning. When you're starting to see things being made flesh, and you're able to respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/the-stressful-time-is-the-blank-page-at-the-beginning-when-you-re/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [The thing about having a very young audience in the theatre is that sometimes they laugh at the bullying scenes. It's really interesting, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/the-thing-about-having-a-very-young-audience-in-the-theatre-is-that/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I think London is a bit sad, and I find it a bit overwhelming. There's a lot of quite unhappy people, and it's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-think-london-is-a-bit-sad-and-i-find-it-a-bit-overwhelming-there-s/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I find small talk exhausting, and I don't like myself when I'm around people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-find-small-talk-exhausting-and-i-don-t-like-myself-when-i-m-around/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I was taken to court for trying to travel on a child ticket to Glastonbury '97. I was, and still am, 6 ft. 5.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-was-taken-to-court-for-trying-to-travel-on-a-child-ticket-to/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [They're odd beasts, musicals, but what I like about them is the way they allow windows into people's lives. When people sing, you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/they-re-odd-beasts-musicals-but-what-i-like-about-them-is-the-way/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I tended to be the nerdy kid - stood at the back, watching other people having fun - I wasn't always necessarily a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-tended-to-be-the-nerdy-kid-stood-at-the-back-watching-other-people/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/at-my-school-when-kids-went-into-the-army-at-16-they-didn-t-do-it-in/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [It's not that I don't like other people - I do. I just don't like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/it-s-not-that-i-don-t-like-other-people-i-do-i-just-don-t-like-me/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I really do love working. There's no day where I don't want to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-really-do-love-working-there-s-no-day-where-i-don-t-want-to-write/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) > [I wrote about 22 plays before 'When You Cure Me,' which was staged in 2005. I occasionally get them out and have a read,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-wrote-about-22-plays-before-when-you-cure-me-which-was-staged-in/) [Jack Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-thorne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-film/jack-thorne/#itemlist", "name": "1 Life Film Quotes By Jack Thorne", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've just had a little boy, and my wife and I called him Elliott because 'E.T.' sort of saved my life because that film is absolutely about something being out there that's greater than yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Thorne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-thorne/i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-and-i-called-him-elliott/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've just had a little boy, and my wife and I called him Elliott because 'E.T.' sort of saved my life…” — Jack Thorne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-film/jack-thorne/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-film/jack-thorne/", "name": "Life Film Quotes by Jack Thorne", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-film/jack-thorne/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jack-thorne-20779_life_i-ve-just-had-a-little-boy-and-my-wife-a_2700354.jpg" }, "description": "1 Life Film quotes by Jack Thorne. 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