And the creature had the sad look of a lost toddler.[E.T.""s face was reportedly based upon the facial features of scientist Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, poet Carl Sandburg, and a pug.But he is amused by her telling of the story that led to her threatened job loss by her boss Van Cleve:And by the time I could have been put in a Tropical Island mood, I was out on the street.Losing her balance on a ladder, she accidentally toppled all of the bookshelves like a stack of dominos, sending thousands of books and documents to the floor ("Oops!").Loomis: Your father never laid a hand on me until we were married.And then I-I just gave in because a wife has to.A woman doesn""t enjoy those things the way a man does.She just lets her husband come near her in order to have children.(Deanie stands with her back toward her mother.) Deanie, what""s troubling you?Deanie: Oh, nothing, Mom.After her mother leaves, Deanie throws herself onto her bed, casts away her brown bear in disgust, grabs her pillow, and thrusts her chest into it.Hoofing is all right, but there""s no future in it.I want to spread out.The other male dancers in the troupe, who feel that his marriage and departure will interfere with their careers, conspire o stall and waylay him by stealing his pants.