Ron Howard quotes

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'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. View quote
Ron Howard
If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job. View quote
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. View quote
Ron Howard
A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises. View quote
Ron Howard
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. View quote
Ron Howard
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. That's the philosophical side. View quote
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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. View quote
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I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles. View quote
Ron Howard