'Happy Days' alum Ron Howard explained why he didn't allow his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard to become a child star.
'Happy Days' star Ron Howard explained why he forbade his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard from acting when she was a child. Bryce, 43, recently revealed that Howard, 70, didn't allow her and her siblings to follow in his footsteps when they were younger. In an interview with People magazine, Howard, who rose to fame at the age of six when he starred on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' shared his thoughts on potential pitfalls that child stars face in Hollywood.
On top of everything else, because the characters that I played as a child were so well-known as to almost be iconic... I also thought, 'Hey, if one of our kids tries to act as a child, boy or girl, they're going to be unfairly compared,'' Howard said. Bryce studied drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for three years before taking a leave of absence to pursue Broadway acting roles.
The 'Jurassic World' star shared that she and Howard have a 'great relationship,' telling People that the two 'love to talk about the movies.' 'But it's usually admiring people's work and kind of gushing about things, or sharing crazy stories that turned around, or just fun things,' Bryce explained. 'It's so wonderful to get to be in an industry with family members, for me at least, because I'm not alone in it,' she added.