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American
-
Actor
Born:
November 19
, 1983
Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
Adam Driver
Courage
,
People
,
Acting
,
Fail
,
About
I never played sports or got into the whole guy camaraderie of, like, 'I love you, man! Seniors forever!' So suddenly being in the military with these guys who were under these very heightened circumstances, isolated from their families, living this very kind of Greek lifestyle, it changed my life in a really big way.
Adam Driver
Life
,
Love
,
I Love You
,
Sports
,
Man
,
You
When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
Adam Driver
Me
,
Handsome
,
Someone
,
Like
,
Get
,
Going
The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
Adam Driver
Work
,
Best
,
Time
,
Responsibility
,
People
Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
Adam Driver
Sick
,
Interesting
,
Always
,
Things
,
Come
I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the vacuums seemed to always be falling apart. Every time I did a demonstration, I'd say, 'This is the material the astronauts used on Apollo 13.' And no sooner had that come out of my mouth, something would malfunction.
Adam Driver
Time
,
Small
,
Bad
,
Mouth
,
Always
,
Say
In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.
Adam Driver
Life
,
Courage
,
People
,
Rest
,
You
,
Moral
Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain.
Adam Driver
Character
,
Brain
,
You
,
Feel
,
Back
,
Need
With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to.
Adam Driver
Look
,
Imperfection
,
Feel
,
Perfect
,
Try
I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
Adam Driver
Life
,
Time
,
Parents
,
My Life
,
Back
,
Say
I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it. You don't have a lot of options in Indiana anyway, though, so I didn't want to stay there. I graduated early and worked a bunch of really odd jobs, and then I joined the Marines.
Adam Driver
School
,
You
,
High School
,
Doing
,
Want
Obviously, 'Lincoln' is not about the telegraph operator. There's a whole other movie before and after the two isolated scenes that I'm in.
Adam Driver
Two
,
About
,
Telegraph
,
Other
,
Before
I think it's good to live an artful life.
Adam Driver
Life
,
Good
,
Live
,
Think
,
I Think
,
Artful
People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.
Adam Driver
People
,
Always
,
Others
,
Different
I was an infantry Marine, and there are only so many things you can do when you get out of the military that you can apply your job to. Either a janitor or a cop. I tried to do both of those things because what else are you going to do?
Adam Driver
Job
,
You
,
Only
,
Your
,
Military
,
Things
It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
Adam Driver
Bond
,
Hard
I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
Adam Driver
Never
,
Just
,
Cable
,
TV
,
Lot
,
Watched
Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
Adam Driver
Acting
,
Train
,
Film
,
Stage
,
Pretty
,
Much
I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.
Adam Driver
Good
,
Live
,
Face
,
Writing
,
New
,
Run
I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.
Adam Driver
City
,
You
,
Reach
,
Go
,
Want
,
Audience
Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.
Adam Driver
Business
,
Service
,
Political
,
Feel
,
Like
'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
Adam Driver
You
,
Conversation
,
More
,
Actor
,
Active
For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.
Adam Driver
Learning
,
Communication
,
Man
,
Me
,
Acting
Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
Adam Driver
Feelings
,
Talking
,
Your
,
Marine Corps
I used to eat a whole chicken, every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It's a mess.
Adam Driver
Day
,
Lunch
,
Every Day
,
Chicken
,
Eat
,
Go
I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.
Adam Driver
Best
,
Loved
,
People
,
Job
,
Chance
,
Things
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