Ron Howard Quotes & Sayings

3-D is a truly exciting possibility. — Ron Howard

Confidence is preparation in action. — Ron Howard

Death can be experienced once, winning maybe more, but losing can happen all the time. — Ron Howard

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

Before Bush, I used to think that the choice of president really didn't matter, that the system kind of ran on its own- that whatever they said during the campaign, the system of checks and balances was really bigger than any individual. But that is what has been so chilling about seeing some of the decisions that have been made unilaterally over the past eight years. — Ron Howard

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

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business. — Ron Howard

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

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job. — Ron Howard

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. — Ron Howard

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. — Ron Howard

Sports always works for us more allegorically or metaphorically and that's what's fantastic about why we love them. You demonstrate the limits to which a human being can go and they keep pushing the boundaries of that. — Ron Howard

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles. — Ron Howard

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. — Ron Howard

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. — Ron Howard

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. — Ron Howard

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