Adam Driver quotes
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“Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.”
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“I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.”
-- Adam DriverSource : "The Accidental Success of Adam Driver". Interview with Alex Morris, www.rollingstone.com. January 20, 2014.
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“I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.”
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“I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.”
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“Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.”
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“I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is the equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do something bigger. It's those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole thing in space.”
-- Adam DriverSource : "A galaxy faraway, so close: Adam Driver on 'Star Wars: Episode VII'" by Anthony Breznican, www.ew.com. August 15, 2014.
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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.”
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“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.”
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“It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.”
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“Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.”
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“I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.”
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“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 DriverSource : "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.
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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.”
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“Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.”
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“For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.”
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“I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.”
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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 DriverSource : Interview with William Van Meter, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2013.
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.”
-- Adam Driver
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