'Fraught with landmines': Ron Howard reveals why he didn't allow daughter Byrce to become a child actor

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Bryce Dallas Howard disclosed that she would have made a career in the Hollywood industry from an early age, if she had a choice.

"My parents were very firm on that boundary, that they were not going to support anyone who wanted to be a child actor," the 'Jurassic World' actor said, noting that her father, Ron Howard, 70, has always been conservative about her career in the film industry.

Ron Howard and Cheryl Howard didn't want their oldest daughter Bryce Dallas Howard to be a child star

Ron explained to People Magazine why he and his wife Cheryl Howard were against their eldest daughter being a child star, as he was when he played Opie Taylor on 'The Andy Griffith Show' from 1960 to 1966, which began when he was just six years old.

"It's possible for child performers to really find a lot that is positive within it, but it's fraught with landmines," Ron said of stepping into the film industry at a young age. 

Ron Howard's parents, Rance and Jean Howard were actors as well

Ron further added that both his father Rance Howard, who breathed his last at the age of 89, and his mother Jean Howard were actors who were aware of how much supervision they had to provide their actor sons, Ron and Clint Howard, on sets.

His mother, however, took a break from being in the spotlight to support her sons's aspirations, recalled Ron. 

Ron Howard on why he decided to protect his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard from the limelight

The 'Happy Days' star said he decided to protect Bryce from the spotlight for another significant reason.

"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,'" he said, noting that 'The Andy Griffith Show' had already become "mythically significant in TV history."

Ron says he and Cheryl didn't want Bryce to face the inevitable comparisons if she followed a similar career trajectory.

Bryce Dallas Howard is grateful to her parents

Bryce Dallas Howard reported that she is grateful that her parents encouraged her to find other career prospects to earn a paycheck.

"I'm really glad that they did that because when I did start acting, it took a while to make a living. To be able to be like, 'Oh, okay. I can actually support myself with this,'" she explained.

Currently, Bryce said that she and her father Ron have a great relationship and "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," she added.

Bryce got her start in Hollywood with M Night Shyamalan's 'The Village' in 2004.