“Early on in my career, when I had basically been a sitcom actor for all of these years, and I made my first movies, and they were comedies, and they were successes, it was very important for me to stretch, and 'Parenthood' was one of those films. Even though it was a comedy, there was a great deal of authentic drama in the piece as well.”

American filmmaker and actor

Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He began as a child actor before moving into directing films, and has been recognized for work in both film and television. He has received two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards, along with seven British Academy Film Award nominations. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003, entered the Television Hall of Fame in 2013, and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.