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Ron Howard Biography

Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. Howard is best known for playing two high-profile roles in television sitcoms in his youth and directing a number of successful feature films later in his career.

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A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.

Exercise, Exercises, Long, Look, Stopped, Trying

I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what you're there to do, which is make a movie.

Convictions, Creative, Groups, Movie, Past, Special

Every religion, in my opinion, has something to bring, and I think we all learn from everyone that there's no right, perfect way to look at something.

Look, Looks, Perfect, Right, Think, Thinking

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.

Choice, Choices, Inspiring, Kind, Movie, Set

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off.

Littles, Surprised, Takes

Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Humor, Light, Tunnels, Unavoidable

I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done.

Acted, Actors, Directors, Done, Work

The sooner we become a multi-planet species, the safer the species is, and the stronger the guarantee that we're going to continue to evolve.

Guarantees That, Planets, Safer, Sooner, Stronger

Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television like most of the world. Then I stopped thinking about it too much. I was a little disappointed that they weren't going on to Mars at the time, but I didn't think much of it. I was more interested in becoming a director at that point in my life and falling in love, things like that.

Completely, Falling In Love, Kids, Particularly, Point, Thinking

It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough.

Enough, Hard, Intriguing, Stories

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

Character, Characters, Exercise, Genre, Look, Thinking

When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel, and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.

Earth, Mean, Opportunity, Philosophical, Tackle, Way

I think the most important thing really was that you could take very personal ideas and present them to an audience in entertaining ways.

Entertaining, Ideas, Important, Personal, Thinking, Ways

I think more and more scientists are becoming convinced that it's very likely that life forms of some kind exist all around the universe not so far from us.

Becoming, Convinced, Forms, Kind, Think, Thinking

Confidence is preparation in action.

Action, Confidence, Preparation, Self Esteem

You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer.

Juveniles, Longer, Point, Reach, Say

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