Ron Howard Reveals His Career ‘Go-to Mottos’ and How He Chooses His Next Projects: Needs to Have ‘Something of Value’ for Audiences

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From childhood actor to famed director, Ron Howard has a few “go-to mottos” that he leans on in his Hollywood career, which has spanned over six decades.Actors Turned Directors in Hollywood “When I’m faced with a really difficult decision, it has to pass the look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself the question, the litmus test, ‘Are you gonna be proud of the decision you make?’” Howard, 68, exclusively told Us Weekly. “And the other one is in a chaotic world that [fellow producer] Brian Grazer and I find ourselves in almost every day — problem solving, trying to launch projects, continuing to just really care about what projects Imagine gets involved in and who we work with.

I often stop and say, ‘All right, what is my job today? I’m a little overwhelmed. There’s a lot going on. There are a lot of plates to spin.

But just today, what am I supposed to accomplish? What’s my job? And to just, you know, keep bringing it back to that simple, fundamental.

It generally serves me well.”The Happy Days alum and Grazer, 70, have been longtime collaborators, cofounding the film and TV production Imagine Entertainment, in 1985.