I feel like I almost didn't grow up in the business, because my parents worked so hard at sheltering us from that. I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago.
I've always had the perspective that roles come into my life when I need them most and sort of teach me lessons. The same can be true of films, films are released into society to aid in a lesson, inspire people, comfort people.
It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.
I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes.
Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't be less interested in how people receive it, honestly. As long as it's unignorable.
I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you'll feel like you're a failure or when you're disappointed in yourself. I've learned from my dad that those feelings don't mean you should stop what you're doing. They mean you should try even harder; you should push even further. Perhaps because of failure, you're getting even closer to your ultimate goal.
On her famous dad: "My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that."
Niece of actor Clint Howard.
Granddaughter of actor Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard.
Is close friends with Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Her godfather is Henry Winkler, who co-starred on "Happy Days" (1974) with her father, Ron Howard.
Was cast in The Village (2004) without having an audition after M. Night Shyamalan saw her in a Broadway show.
Until recently had not seen an episode of "Happy Days" (1974), in which her father starred. However, in early 2006 she bought the DVD release of the show and now understands its continued appeal.
Attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts camp with Natalie Portman.
Alumna of the prestigious School at Steppenwolf training program.
Her Theatre credits include a vast range from classical to contemporary writers such as William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov and George Bernard Shaw.
Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama (2003)
Daughter of Cheryl Howard.
Daughter of actor-director Ron Howard.
During rehearsals at the Manhattan Theater Club, she was billing herself as "Bryce Dallas", but later had second thoughts because the name made her sound like a porn star.
Is a vegan turned vegetarian.
Attended New York University.
Bryce and her husband, Seth Gabel, became the parents of their first child, a boy, Theodore Norman Howard Gabel, on February 16, 2007.
Has 3 siblings: Reed Cross and the twins Paige and Jocelyn Carlyle. All 4 were named after places in which they were conceived.
Dyed her hair blonde for Spider-Man 3 (2007).
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