Even when Warren [Beatty] cast me, it had been two years between films at that point. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
[ 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 haven't worked enough to worry about getting typecast, but I do as a film lover didn't want to be working with… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I find it remarkable. It's surreal for me that I've gotten to work with so many people who are not only great… — 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
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
Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you… — 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
It's appealing to me to get to be in a commercial film without feeling like I sold out. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
This movie 'On the Road' with Kristen Stewart - they were trying to make that movie for 30 years. She says she… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My parents weren't involved in show business, but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house. Little film… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
With 'Hail, Caesar!' it was about all the skill sets I had to learn, but each movie requires a different way of… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I just really want to continue to play those roles where I really have something to do, and mainly, above all, work… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Elia Kazan - the films he made were such a big deal for me when I was growing up. — 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
There's a lot of directors I'd still love to work with - one of them is Spielberg, because he kind of started… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My parents used to do these little film festivals in our house where we'd watch all the Marx Brothers movies, or Chaplin… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Even when Warren [Beatty] cast me, it had been two years between films at that point. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I had the opportunity to learn more about what life is like for a soldier [in The Yellow Birds]. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image