Clint Howard Professions : Actor Born : April 20, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Clint Howard One of my earliest memories is being inside the recording studio and I see the shadow of a figure that looks an awful lot like Walt Disney. Then the door opened and Mr. Disney walked in and said, 'Hi Clint.' I won't ever forget that. Clint Howard shadow doors memories People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom. Clint Howard breathing eyebrows hard-work I figure I just keep working and let the chips fall where they may, and if that means I end up having an eclectic career, so be it. For me to try to manipulate things or for me to try to tell people or the system how it should be...I'm just a kind of a more go-with-the-flow guy when it comes to my acting career. Clint Howard careers mean fall It's easy to be an actor at 8 or 9 in the morning, but it's really important to be focused and work hard at 6 and 7 at night, after you've been on the set for 10 or 12 hours. That time counts, too. Clint Howard hard-work morning night Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy. Clint Howard nice real golf Auditioning is important, and I understand that. If there is somebody making a movie, if there is somebody manufacturing a movie, they want to look at the goods. I get it. I mean, I've been in that position. Clint Howard important mean looks I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports guy. I'm a golfer, but I grew up as sort of an avid fan and participant in baseball, and I'm like a relief pitcher. My job is to come in and throw strikes. Clint Howard baseball jobs sports And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you're just going to get swamped. You've got to be flexible, and you've got to go with the flow. That's what I try to do as an actor. Clint Howard actors flow trying I don't act because I love doing it, I act because it's my job. At the end of the year, I gotta pay my taxes, bills, doctors, insurance, car insurance, the occasional vacation. It's a wonderful job. The upside is that it is exciting and different... the downside is that it is an extremely insecure job. Clint Howard end job car love People seem to be interested in me. So I try to keep my acting pretty simple. Clint Howard try me simple people There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry. Clint Howard movies eyes will future There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable. Clint Howard doing money business people I'm not a policy wonk, and I don't dream of being a political operative. Clint Howard being policy political dream My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in. Clint Howard citizen help i-can believe I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin. Clint Howard me politics business people I do not attempt to orchestrate my career. I let God do that. Clint Howard attempt career god Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
