[ Being director] is really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I had four years of auditions, and nothing happened, until Francis Ford Coppola took a shot on me ['Tetro' in 2009]. I… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I had an audition process that went on for a long time, and I got to spend a lot of time with… — 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
![“[ Being director] is really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if you ace the audition. It's just about getting to know people, not about who's a better actor a lot of the time. It's about who fits that particular suit, you know?” quote by Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/alden-ehrenreich-2752_aces_being-director-is-really-reassuring-to-m_903296.jpg)
![“I had four years of auditions, and nothing happened, until Francis Ford Coppola took a shot on me ['Tetro' in 2009]. I hadn't done a film, and suddenly I was the lead.” quote by Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/alden-ehrenreich-2752_auditions_i-had-four-years-of-auditions-and-nothin_1595765.jpg)
