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Adam Driver
Adam Driver
American Actor
Born: Nov 19, 1983
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There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable. Adam Driver
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Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself. Adam Driver
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I think some of my best theatre training has been in the Marine Corps. Not only meeting a bunch of characters, but growing up. You're in really adult situations at a young age, as far as being in charge of people. Adam Driver
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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
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I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning. Adam Driver
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Just being in the military, you're so violent. We got into fights about just random things all the time. I don't think as aggressively as I did when I was in the Marine Corps. Adam Driver
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I think it's a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is filled with just drills and discipline and pain. They forget that these are humans who are in an abnormal situation. Adam Driver
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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
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil. Adam Driver
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. Adam Driver
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If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days. Adam Driver
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Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people. Adam Driver
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I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it. Adam Driver
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Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team. Adam Driver
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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
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active. Adam Driver
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control. Adam Driver
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I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it. Adam Driver
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By the time I got into Juilliard, I was working at a Target distribution warehouse. It didn't make anything, it just shipped things, and my job was just to stand there and look at the security codes on the back of trucks and see if they would lock, and check them in. Adam Driver
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What is a struggle is that acting isn't a place where you go to work and you do that thing. There aren't set boundaries, like an office, where you go and work. For me, the work is always on my mind. Adam Driver
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I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work. Adam Driver
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor. Adam Driver
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life. Adam Driver
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Just having the internet is a weird and dangerous thing because people become accustomed to knowing things when they want to know them and not having to work for it. I definitely see the value in not knowing everything and having mystery in life and mystery in people. Adam Driver
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Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable. Adam Driver
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My only close-to-game-plan is to follow good writing. If the writing is in TV or if it's in theater or in film, that's it. It doesn't really matter what the medium is. Adam Driver
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