Ron Howard Quotations

We're getting there, but we thought we were on track before and we fell off. We're just trying to come out and get better in practice every day and then come out and play every game like we've got something to prove.

Words can't really describe the feelings that I had, to know that he had woken up. He was here; he was alive again. It was so amazing. If you didn't believe in God, that right there should definitely help your faith.

I had a short-term retirement after the basketball season that lasted a couple of minutes. But I missed the kids.

For most of us, we had never seen anything like that or went through anything like that.

We're not going to think about that at all because we've got Southern Utah to worry about.

We look at some similar areas in such a completely different way. We're a comedy, we're very contemporary. We're very much about the impact of celebrity and fame on an individual in today's world.

I was able to get great grades and I worked hard at it. I felt I was a role model for the kids I was around by being a good worker and a good student.

I think people relate to the story for personal reasons. Some are interested in the mystery, some are interested in the spirituality and some are interested in the locations. I honestly think that a lot of people get a lot of different things out of it.

That was hilarious. Fortunately the deal was already closed.

We played an OK game, but we've just got to play a little better.

Tom is an exciting actor to watch thinking. We probably don't need his status from a box-office standpoint, but he gives Langdon instant legitimacy.

We had to be very specific about every single shot we were going to do, both for security and for preservation reasons. There were all kinds of things we couldn't do. In the script, there is blood on the floor but we couldn't do that, and obviously we couldn't take paintings off the walls.

Viewing in a theater is the optimum experience. It needs to be preserved. ... But, at the end of the day, technology and viewers are going to tell us what they really want.

As soon as the movie was over, we just left the theatre, didn't say a word and got back in line for two and a half hours to see it again

There's no question that curiosity is kind of key to the human experience, so it's also kind of adorable embodying curiosity in this little monkey. I'm not sure what breed George is, but he sure is cute.

It wouldn't quite make sense to make it anywhere else.

The story of Jim Braddock continues to be so incredibly stirring because it is a tale that reminds us of just how remarkable human endurance and the power of love can be,

The story feels familiar as a mystery and as a thriller with a fascinating turn of events.

This is a big thrill. It is like fantasy camp for me.

It's a fascinating story to adapt and essentially it's a great opportunity to entertain and provoke conversation.

They were cheering every moment, regardless of if it was good or bad.

I'm not a good enough actor anymore to be able to stand up here and make you believe that I haven't imagined this moment in my mind over the years and played it out about a thousand times. I'm very grateful for this. I'm very grateful for an entire lifetime spent involved in this creative process.

I remember coming out of that tunnel and just the electricity.

Hoop can actually play. If he was to get in the game early in the first half, you wouldn't see any drop-off at all. He understands the game and we've got a lot of confidence in him.

I believe audiences are ready to embrace the complexities of the film, but it still boils down to heroism. The simplistic approach is not appropriate and it's not interesting. We know there will be limitations and controversies.

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

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.

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

3-D is a truly exciting possibility.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Confidence is preparation in action.

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.

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.

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.