I think now I'm more realistic, but I'm still very much an idealist. Alden Ehrenreich More Quotes by Alden Ehrenreich More Quotes From Alden Ehrenreich I really feel lucky that I still feel excited about the actual work that I get to do. I just happen to love it, and I could easily see, for somebody else, that not being the case. Alden Ehrenreich excited cases lucky Somebody comes to your house. You know they're coming, so it's not a surprise. And they give you an envelope that has your scenes in it. And they sit in the car outside for a half an hour while you read your scenes, then they ring your doorbell and you give your scenes back. Then you shoot the movie a few weeks later or something. The next time you see your scenes is the night before you start shooting. I never read the script [Blue Jasmine], so I didn't really know what it was about. Alden Ehrenreich blue giving night 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 read the part of the script that said what she [ Cate Blanchett] did, so they put me on the phone with Woody... Allen. I don't know if I could really say "Woody." Alden Ehrenreich phones asking character The movie [Blue Jasmin] shot very quick. I met Cate Blanchett in the car on the way to set, and we did that last scene, and she was just so phenomenal. I had basically met her that day. Because the way he shoots, everybody just shows up and does their thing, and he moves us very quickly. Alden Ehrenreich car blue moving When you work for the Coens, they are so fun and so organized. They treat everyone with such respect. And the character I got to play was so fun. Alden Ehrenreich play fun character Their way of working [the Coen brothers] is always kept pretty mysterious. I was so curious to see how they make these movies. It was just such a joy - they seem to have so much fun making their movies. Alden Ehrenreich brother joy fun That was cool, because they've all [ George Clooney and Josh Brolin and Scarlett Johansson] worked with the Coens. They were much more at ease with them at the outset, and they were all kind of familiar with the shorthand that the Coens had. Alden Ehrenreich josh kind ease [The Coen brothers] hire the same people over and over again, so there's a shorthand between all of the people they're working with. Alden Ehrenreich coen-brothers brother people It feels like you're being invited into a kind of community [working with the Coen brothers]. Alden Ehrenreich community kind brother I met Scarlett [Johansson] briefly, but Josh [Brolin] and George [Clooney], in particular, were so welcoming and so inclusive and really brought me into the fold from the beginning. They were just very considerate of me, and it meant a lot [shootong Hail, Caesar!]. Alden Ehrenreich hail welcome mets [The Yellow Birds] is based on a novel written by Kevin Powers, who is an Iraq War vet. I play a soldier who promises my friend's mother I'm going to keep him alive. But when we go overseas to Iraq, he gets killed. It's about what happened to him, my reckoning and dealing with that as I return home from the war. Alden Ehrenreich mother home war I've definitely been spoilt. Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play. Alden Ehrenreich done stories play I think you always feel like you're about a hair's breadth away from being a bad actor anyway... It's not too hard to let the rope go slack, so to speak. Alden Ehrenreich rope hair thinking I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa which spoiled the hell out of me. Alden Ehrenreich hell film firsts I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do. Alden Ehrenreich impact people thinking There's a lot of complicated magical reasons why I'm not at the party that are too long and semantic to go into. Alden Ehrenreich party reason-why long An era that I specifically like is sort of late 50's, early 60's. I guess mid 50's too. I like these types of films that deal with post WWII America and this more complex leading man that kind of emerges from that. Alden Ehrenreich eras men america Like, you think, 'Oh, it's 'Star Wars,' everybody has a spaceship' - but no, actually, in the 'Star Wars' universe, having a ship is like having a yacht. Alden Ehrenreich ship think you universe I feel like some of the best roles that I've gotten to play I could've never preconceived. These things happen to you in an unexpected fashion, so it's hard to pre-imagine what that would be because some of the best opportunities I've had I could've never anticipated or expected. Alden Ehrenreich feel best you fashion No one remembers it; none of my friends remember me having it, but I had really bad acne for, like, years. Alden Ehrenreich bad me friends remember
