[The Yellow Birds] is based on a novel written by Kevin Powers, who is an Iraq War vet. I play a soldier… — 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 actually remember getting asked when we were at the Cannes Film Festival, what I expected to do next. I remember feeling… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail… — 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
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