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00:00 Hello everybody. It is truly, I kind of cried when I was asked to do this.

00:06 It's beyond an honor to be here today to present the Variety Profile in Excellence Award

00:12 to a very deserving recipient, Ron Howard.

00:17 Ron.

00:22 Ron, as an actor, a writer, director and producer in this industry for many decades,

00:28 your projects have touched the hearts of audiences around the world.

00:32 I grew up on your films, literally. The first film that I loved as a child was Willow.

00:38 I mean, and that love is pretty universally held in Indian country, I gotta say.

00:44 Anybody who's seen Reservation Dogs? Elora Dannen is a character.

00:50 Anyways, your mastery of storytelling across film and television, narrative and documentary,

00:57 and comedy, drama, every genre in between, has also inspired generations of filmmakers

01:04 and will continue to do so for years to come.

01:08 I remember first seeing Ron's work, like I said, in Willow.

01:11 And it's rare that a director speaks to you at two fully different stages of your life.

01:18 Willow taught me to love film, gave me my first hero that I worshipped,

01:22 that I was convinced was Native American, Mad Martigan.

01:27 But then again, you got me through college with Arrested Development.

01:31 I want you to narrate my life.

01:36 The, you know, life in the broadest lens is a great comedy, and you were the voice of that.

01:42 And sometimes I actually do hear your voice narrating my life

01:46 when something is particularly Arrested Development-y.

01:50 But here we are, here you are at Cannes with your new documentary, Jim Henson, Idea Man.

01:57 Ron took great care with this project to craft a meaningful portrait of the iconic Jim Henson,

02:04 Mazel Tov, on a global and personal level.

02:10 He used never-before-seen home movies and interviewed those who knew him best

02:15 to bring his work back to the front of cultural conversation.

02:19 I very much miss that handmade feel of Jim Henson that we were all raised on,

02:24 so I can't wait to see this one.

02:27 This is standard for you, Ron, using your talent to shine a light on the achievement of others.

02:34 Ron inspires excellence in everyone he works with and motivates audiences to do the same.

02:41 So for Variety's Profile in Excellence Award,

02:44 everyone please help me welcome the legendary Ron Howard.

02:48 [applause]

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