RON HOWARD: I learned a lot around The Andy Griffith Show, not from any one director, but most of the directors had been actors, and had a very comfortable way with the actors. ALISON BEARD: Do you think that she wanted to help actors make that transition, because she thought actors were better at managing other actors when they became directors? RON HOWARD: There’s certain roles on a production where I’ve always felt like, as much as I love people I’ve worked with before and am eager to work with again, I really want to cast that in a bespoke way for each and every film.