Steven Spielberg opened up about one of his best movies that he thinks is "pretty perfect."

During an interview on The Late Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the critically-acclaimed director said, "I don't look a lot at my movies after I've made them," adding, "I don't look back that often, but every once in a while I'll see a movie with my kids.

"I want to accompany my kids when I see E.T. with them for the first time. I don't want them to see E.T. without dad sitting there, especially the scary parts at the beginning.

The Oscar-winner filmmaker continued, "Sometimes I see things that I had intended to do that I didn't do, and sometimes I see things that would have been a better idea than what I'm now seeing all these years later – but for the most part, E.T. is a pretty perfect movie."

"It's one of the few movies I've made that I can actually look back at again and again," he said.

Released in 1982, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial bagged four Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score. The film cast included Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, and Drew Barrymore.