Even when Warren [Beatty] cast me, it had been two years between films at that point. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Warren [Beatty] did a very cool thing, where he directs in character. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Warren [Beatty] loves to talk about his experiences with [Elia] Kazan. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Warren [Beatty] was very adamant and very encouraging of me to direct. It's definitely something that I'd like to pursue more in… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
[Warren Beatty] definitely sees 'Rules' as a comedic consequence to the American sexual puritanism that is dramatically presented in 'Splendor.' — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
[Warren Beatty] will sometimes spend hours on a very small detail to make sure he gets it right. After the kind of… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
By anyone's measure, [Warren Beatty] is proven himself. But he still sets out to make something as great as it possibly can… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
When Tetro came out, I met with Warren Beatty for the first time. I had, like, a four-and-a-half-hour lunch with him, and… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Same with the Coen brothers and Warren [Beatty]. And then slowly you get to know each one of them as a person,… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I didn't read the script [ Rules Don't Apply ] for a couple years. It basically amounted to this kind of apprenticeship… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
For me, it was watching 'Reds' and 'Splendor in the Grass.' To me, 'Splendor' is like the companion piece to 'Rules Don't… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
[Warren's Beatty] first film being with this very important director [Elia Kazan], I think we related on that in a big way.… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
[Woody Allen] does very few takes, and he doesn't give a whole ton of directions, although he does give direction. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
Even when Warren [Beatty] cast me, it had been two years between films at that point. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
I had the opportunity to learn more about what life is like for a soldier [in The Yellow Birds]. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
The biggest challenge to being an actor is, when you're not working, just being unemployed: the downtime and not having anything to do. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
You get bummed out, and then you go, "Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself." That kind of helps. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
When I worked with anybody like Woody Allen, there's the name, and your understanding of who they are before you meet them, that stays… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
I'm kind of grateful that I didn't have any real success until I was older and basically out of high school. I think that… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share
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![“Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you as a director, "Will you speak louder on the next take?" He'll say it as Howard Hughes: "I can't totally hear you. Why don't you speak up a little bit?" To kind of keep this rhythm going.” quote by Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/527/alden-ehrenreich-2752_beatty_let-s-say-warren-beatty-wants-you-to-spe_434969.jpg)
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