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Ron Howard

American Director

Born: Mar 1, 1954

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We're all constantly keeping score. You can't help it. But trying to pit ourselves against other people in some measurable way is largely a waste of time. Ron Howard

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Even when you're 22 and you feel immortal, you know in your heart you're not. Ron Howard

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From when I was a young boy, I wanted to be the first person to direct a movie at 100. Ron Howard

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Whatever your political leaning, vote. This participation is vital. I feel the same way about issues like the space program, education, the military. The more the public focuses on these things, thinks and forms opinions, I think the better we are as a democracy. Ron Howard

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I've been around a lot of artists who are also good at business, and... one minute they'll sound like an artist, and the next minute, they'll sound like the characters in 'Mad Men.' Jay-Z's a very good businessman, and he talks about it and enjoys it, but he doesn't shift. Ron Howard

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I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would. Ron Howard

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As a documentarian, you think, 'Follow your curiosity.' Ron Howard

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A scene, a day of shooting, can often make you feel kind of stupid and inept because your one job is to anticipate and react and know what to go for. Ron Howard

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I don't look ahead to the future as a vast, endless one. I've begun to feel the calendar pages turning. Ron Howard

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I don't want to only make the movies that studios will greenlight. Ron Howard

Will Only Studios Make Want Movies

I'd say that 'In the Heart of the Sea' is the most challenging movie I've made. It was tough to figure out how to lead this large cast into some very sensitive, intense, emotional scenes. Ron Howard

It's hard to define change in oneself unless something really dramatic happens, like you give up some vice, fall in love, or something like that. Ron Howard

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I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vinci Code,' and it was very difficult for them, but I talked to them before 'Angels and Demons,' and they said the scandal, abuse of power and violence was part of church history, which you can read about in the Vatican bookstore. Ron Howard

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There are creative benefits to getting older. Ron Howard

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I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we, as a species, are scratching that itch, we're actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it. Ron Howard

Once or twice in the height of 'Happy Days' excitement, which had more to do with Henry Winkler as The Fonz than ever had to do with me, we were kind of like a boy band for a year or so, and we would go out on personal appearances and feel the limousine rocking, and the grabbing at your clothes and people trying to steal your cap. Ron Howard

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When I realized that my big dream was going to come true - 'Night Shift' was a success, 'Splash' was a success, I got the job to do 'Cocoon' - suddenly, I was underway. And I knew my name was rising up the lists. I was going to have a career. I was going to be able to direct movies until I screwed it up. Ron Howard

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I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful. Ron Howard

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Outside of his loving family, I'm sure that Andy Griffith was Don Knotts' greatest fan. Ron Howard

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The regrets I have are strong enough that I wouldn't share 'em. I think that you can't live without suffering some. Ron Howard

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