Can you imagine the first time they figured out how to mechanically raise somebody up through the stage and make them appear, or drop them down on a rope or a wire? It blew everybody's minds, I'm sure. — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
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… — Ron Howard Copy Share
The hardest thing which I've experienced is calling up my father, Rance Howard, who's a wonderful actor, and telling him I've had to cut… — Ron Howard Copy Share
Instead of candidates hiring people, like yours truly, to create campaign media that works on both conscious and subconscious levels to sway the voting… — Ron Howard Copy Share
One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its… — Ron Howard Copy Share
I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful. — Ron Howard Copy Share
Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television… — Ron Howard Copy Share
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… — Ron Howard Copy Share
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… — Ron Howard Copy Share
I love leaving the door open to good ideas. I love the collaborative swirl. I get charged by problem-solving, usually under some kind of… — Ron Howard Copy Share
There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one, and inhabiting… — Ron Howard Copy Share
I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around… — Ron Howard Copy Share
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… — Ron Howard Copy Share
A scene, a day of shooting, can often make you feel kind of stupid and inept because your one job is to anticipate and… — Ron Howard Copy Share
I didn't really listen to music when I was doing homework or when I - when I work on a script. I tend to… — Ron Howard Copy Share
