Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. Adam Driver More Quotes by Adam Driver More Quotes From Adam Driver 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 marineteamknowing 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 marineresponsibilitypeople I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film. Adam Driver realcharacterthinking I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka. Adam Driver indianacaliforniatowns It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life. Adam Driver clearactorswanted I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. Adam Driver monkactorsacting I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it. Adam Driver scaredtechnology Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself. Adam Driver actingwayschool I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV. Adam Driver cablestvs Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor. Adam Driver controversialactorsgirl 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 politicalactingmilitary 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 theatercitieswant I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story. Adam Driver eyedirectorsthinking Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did. Adam Driver september-11yeahmilitary I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything. Adam Driver knowcrazylovepeople 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 doingyouhigh-schoolschool 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 manlovesportslife The military community in particular, I think, could always be more supported, especially people who are being processed out of the military and trying to readjust to being civilians. Adam Driver thinkcommunitytryingpeople Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain. Adam Driver feelyoubraincharacter If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military. Adam Driver couldcommunicationorganizationwork
