Ron, Clint Howard on acting with The Ramones in 'Rock 'n' Roll High School': 'They had their game face on'

The "Jungle Book" voice actor, 62, told Fox News that the punk rock group "embodied rock and roll" and he felt the group emitted an aura that made him and others want to do their best work in the 1979 cult classic.

"I was blown away when I actually was in their presence the first time," Howard said while he and brother Ron Howard, 67, were discussing their new memoir, "The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family," in which the pair chronicle their life growing up on and off various sets in showbiz. "They took what they did very seriously. And even though 'Rock 'n' Roll High School' was a comedy, in a way I was keeping it pretty loose because my character, Eaglebauer, was this whimsical sort of wheeler-dealer character." 

Howard said he was most impressed by the fervor the band displayed on set during filming and in their preparation, despite the fact they were essentially acting out what they did in real life.