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
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
I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career. — 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 really don't know what it's like in 'Twilight,' but I know in the young-adult genre, there are these cold, aloof guys.… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My mother always cultivated my imagination from the time I was very little. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Woody Allen is kind of the one example I don't have. Because the way he works and the amount of shooting time… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I carry around a black leather Moleskine journal all the time. And I always write ideas down, especially when I'm on set… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Oh, I've been ridiculously lucky to work for, I'd say, five of the greatest directors of all time... and a lot of… — 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
So many times you can't get a foot in the door unless you're already in the room. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I remember Tetro was a big deal to me at that time. It was going from zero to one: Never having been… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I had an iPhone, and then I'd forget my iPhone at home, and I'd be like, 'God, I feel so good. I'm… — 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
I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off. — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The actors at that time had to learn all that stuff, it wasn't just hyperbole. What was appealing to me about being… — 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