161 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I’d choose the directing job.

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

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.