Ron Howard

Ron Howard · Michael Bluth:Ron Howard is finishing 'casting this Andy Griffith Show thing' and has been reading about it for 40 years.

Ron Howard · Michael Bluth:Ron Howard: 'Hey, let's go inside the LEM. You want to? Is this the one that landed on the moon?' Ron: 'On a soundstage.' Michael: 'Oh, right, from Apollo 13.' Ron: 'No, no, 1969.'

Ron Howard:Ron: 'So, NASA did go to the moon in '71. That one was real. But in '69, they weren't ready, so they faked the whole thing on the soundstage of Gentle Ben.'

Michael Bluth · Ron Howard:Michael: 'Whoa! Hang on, are you kidding me? I'm a Phoenix. I've never met anyone else in person that also goes there.' Ron: 'I guess that's the downside of going to college online.' Michael: 'Well, I just got a sick aunt down there.'

Ron Howard · Narrator:Ron Howard's movies sourced from random images: Splash from a counterfeit Hockney, Da Vinci Code from a photo, Willow from a Soft 'n Snuggly coupon.

Ron Howard:Ron: 'Plus I've been dying to figure out a way to do something about the market crash ever since my partner, Brian Grazer, was tipped off that it was three months away from happening.'

Ron Howard · Michael Bluth:Ron: 'Your wife is dying. You're trying to hold your family together.' Michael: 'Oh, gosh, no, no. My wife died years before any of this.' Ron: 'I think it's a lot more fun if we see her die.'

Michael Bluth · Ron Howard · Narrator:Michael assuming 'my girl Rebel' refers to Ron Howard's mistress — talking conspiratorially in the LEM — while Ron is actually referring to his daughter.

Michael Bluth · Ron Howard:Michael: 'I'm not one to judge. I'm sure you've all got girls up here in Hollywood.' Ron: 'Brian's got two boys.'

Ron Howard:Ron: 'How do you tell Ed Harris that he's simply not a Barney?'

Ron Howard · Andy Richter:Ron Howard: 'Andy Richter?' Andy: 'I'm out, God damn it, I'm out.' — Andy quits the moment Ron doesn't recognize him.

Ron Howard:Ron: 'Well, everybody's got to start somewhere. As long as I don't end up there.' — re: Warden Gentles' writing credential of multiple episodes of Rocko's Modern Life.

Ron Howard · Michael Bluth:Ron: 'You know, I thought it was Cuba with the perfect Carl Weathers makeup.' Michael: 'No, no, Cuba doesn't have that kind of range.'

Ron Howard · Michael Bluth:Ron Howard: 'The father-son relationship I was interested in was not you and your father, it was you and your son. You're the father.' Michael: 'But that would make my son the son.' Ron: 'Bingo.'

Ron Howard:Ron: 'Maybe the real estate business will come around soon.' Pause. 'I could never reveal that information to a non-producer.'

Ron Howard · Rebel Alley:Ron Howard directing Rebel in a shoplifting PSA: 'Next time, don't pocket it, pay for it. Shoplifting: not cool.' / 'And cut!' / 'You know, I think we got it.'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard's haircut scene: 'I should warn you, this is what I call a haircut meeting, so we probably don't have much time.' / 'It would be so much better if we could just lose the baseball cap.' / 'We go through this every time. This is a hat-on haircut, so you just cut what they can see. You got it, Floyd? I call all my barbers Floyd.'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard haircut scene: 'I call all my barbers Floyd.' / 'This is a hat-on haircut, so you just cut what they can see.'

Ron Howard · Michael:Michael: 'I don't have them.' / Ron: 'Done.' / 'Okay, well, thanks for coming.' — Ron immediately ends the meeting

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael explains he wants Ron to 'let go' of Rebel — Ron reveals she is his daughter: 'She's my little num-num.' / 'Sure.' / 'I've changed her, I've bathed her.' / 'Well, now you want to bathe her.'

Ron Howard · Michael:Ron: 'Did you not know that I'm Rebel's dad?' / Long pause. / Michael: 'I knew that part.'

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael trying to recover: 'But I, I also — I thought that, that, that, that you might also be... her...' / Ron: 'Her lover?' / 'No.' / Ron: 'Well, this is hardly an episode of Happy Days.'

Ron Howard · Michael:Ron Howard: 'I never let personal matters interfere with business. However, you should know she's dating someone else, and I'll do everything in my power to make sure she never dates you again.' / Michael: 'Incredibly fair of you.'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard's response: 'I can't do it, but... I also don't want to.'

Tobias · Ron Howard:Tobias breaks down: 'You are ruining my life, Ron Howard!' while Ron tries to calm him at the barber's chair.

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael to Ron Howard: 'A month ago, I would have told you that he and I were exactly the same, that we were twins. But now, I wouldn't even think of my son as my brother.'

Michael Bluth · Ron Howard:Ron mistakes Michael for someone else; Michael has to remind him 'No, no, it's Michael. Michael Bluth.'

Ron Howard · Imagine Producer · Narrator:The narrator reveals Imagine cameras 'were there to capture it all' — Ron Howard celebrates getting 'the rights to this' (the murder story) — 'Only for the killer... but that's enough for us to get a green light, right?'

Ron Howard · Imagine Producer:'It's our next Da Vinci Code! [...] Plus, it's gonna put Imagine News on the map.' / 'This is John Beard.' / 'Love each other.'

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael: 'No. No, well, I had a great role model.' / Ron: 'Aw, bless you.' / Michael: 'Yeah, I also had a...' / Ron: 'Well, bless you.'

Ron Howard · George Michael:Ron's advice: 'If you end up meeting that family, one good rule to follow is — do not bring Tobias.' / George Michael: 'Be myself.'

Ron Howard · George Michael:Ron Howard: 'Yes, be George Maharis, George Michael.'

Ron Howard · George Michael · Rebel:George Michael's hair turns out to be 'Howard Red' — matching Ron Howard's family hair color exactly

Ron Howard:Ron Howard: 'It's Howard Red. Cheryl, look at what this kid did. It's like our hair. Someone's come a-courtin'.'

Ron Howard · George Michael:Ron Howard: 'And in those early days, I can't tell you how many times I felt like a fraud. But I'll tell you a secret, everyone feels that way.'

George Michael · Ron Howard:George Michael's attempt to alienate Ron Howard by saying 'No, I don't like hot dogs' — followed by 'I love them.' — then everyone's delight

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael crashes the Howard barbecue and finds Ron — 'Prayer hands.' Ron: 'Yeah. Listen, a lot of stuff has changed with the family.' Ron: 'Oh, has it gotten out?'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard: 'You know I'm as straight as they come, I just got a lot on my mind right now with work, slash, am I gay, slash, Buster's in jail.'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard on Rebel: 'She's no Bryce, but she's like a robot. Gives the exact same performance every take. Real time-saver.'

Reed Howard · Ron Howard · Michael:Ron Howard's son Reed: 'My dad knows how to read.' / Michael: 'I see why you named him Reed. He seems smart.'

Ron Howard · Michael · Jocelyn:Ron calls for scripts — assistant says 'Streaming contracts, cable or broadcast?' / Ron: 'A streamer!' / Michael: 'No residuals.' — rapid-fire industry lingo as absurdist detail

Ron Howard · Reed Howard · Michael:Ron Howard's son Reed: 'Also, can you start the music?' / Ron: 'I don't know how to, Reed.' / Michael: 'I must've heard that. I must've heard that. Right? Sure. That, uh... so you get... Do you get the scripts read to you?'

Ron Howard · Reed Howard · Michael:Michael meets Reed: 'This is my son, Reed.' / Reed: 'My dad knows how to read.' / Michael: 'Yes. Nice to meet you. Uh, yeah. Whenever. I see why you named him Reed. He seems smart.'

Ron Howard:Ron Howard: 'Hey, thanks for sneaking in.'

Rance Howard · Ron Howard:Rance Howard: 'Hoax!' — about climate change, delivered cheerfully

Michael · Ron Howard:Michael decides to go forward with the docuseries so he can 'keep an eye on the woman who might be using his son' — by putting her in the show

Ron Howard · Michael:Ron Howard enthusiastically planning the jailhouse interview: 'Nice low-angle shot for the close-up... Oh, a wide shot. Tell it in one image.' / Michael: 'Yes, a wide shot.' / Ron: 'Wide shot.'

Buster · Ron Howard:'On the Next' segment: Ron Howard interviews Buster in jail — Buster remembers George Sr.'s advice and charges at a 'skinhead' who is actually the camera operator