Alden Ehrenreich Quotes

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

I don't want to shoot myself in the foot when it comes to getting work. But I'm just not as interested in most of the films that are made in the States. The characters aren't as compelling. The stories aren't as substantial.

My focus stays on doing good films with notable characters.

I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my Academy Awards were not worthy.

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it.

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.

I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it.

I find myself apologising for not being a proper actor. I never intended to be involved in the film industry and still do feel that, with the exception of a couple of brief skirmishes with the film industry.

I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the soda jerk or the friend of a friend.

I really want to do more movies; that's where my heart is.

I don't make movies that make fun of anything.

I was offered 'Pretty Woman.' I was offered 'Big' and 'Dead Poets Society.' But what was important to me in those years was to make movies, to make these Albert Brooks movies.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film - I shouldn't say 'nobody.' Some people certainly don't care.

When I began my journey in films, I never thought I'd be playing the lead in my films and was keen to move ahead with roles that give me scope to act.

I think, quite often, filmmakers kind of think so much about what the franchise will be and sometimes can neglect to put their efforts into the movie that they are actually making.

My personal opinion is that an actor shouldn't bother himself about expanding his market. He or she should just do good films.