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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Longevity in Hollywood

01 Jun 2025

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Ron Howard and ⁠Brian Grazer⁠ are the Oscar winning director and producer behind some of Hollywood's most memorable movies like A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 and The Da Vinci Code. The duo, who co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1985, sat down with WSJ's ⁠Ben Fritz⁠ at the⁠ Future of Everything⁠ Festival to talk about ⁠longevity in Hollywood⁠, AI in movie production and the future of movies. Further Listening: - ⁠Why Hollywood Is Betting Big on ‘Wicked’⁠ - ⁠With Great Power, Part 1: Origin Story⁠ Sign up for WSJ’s free ⁠What’s News newsletter⁠. Photo: Uncredited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3.763 - 4.076 Ron Howard

Thank you.

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5.509 - 7.51 Ben Cohen

and you can watch the interview as a video episode on Spotify enjoy

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39.724 - 53.648 Brian Schwartz

Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have some of the longest careers in Hollywood. Howard even acted as a child star in the 60s. One of Ron and Brian's earliest collaborations was the Tom Hanks classic Splash in 1984.

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54.388 - 61.11 Unknown

All my life, I've been waiting for someone. And when I find her, she's a fish.

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61.83 - 72.907 Brian Schwartz

The next year, they founded Imagine Entertainment, which quickly became one of the most prolific production companies in modern Hollywood. In 2002, their film A Beautiful Mind won the Oscar for Best Picture.

73.167 - 78.992 Unknown

This isn't math. You can't come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world. All I have to do is apply my mind.

79.592 - 85.056 Brian Schwartz

And Imagine has been behind other projects, like the cult hit sitcom Arrested Development. Do you want to go out?

85.436 - 87.238 Ron Howard

Why are you trying to get me out of the house?

87.618 - 89.059 Unknown

I just thought that we could hang out.

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