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102 quotes by Adam Driver

Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor of stage, screen and television. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and graduating from the Juilliard School, he has appeared in several Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Since 2012, he has appeared in the HBO series Girls, for which he has received two nominations for the Emmy Award. He has also appeared in such films as J. Edgar (2011), Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012)...
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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 was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

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You have to be forward-moving and able to balance a lot of things at the same time. I attribute a lot of that to the Marine Corps and Juilliard both.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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I was in a mountain biking accident and broke my sternum about three months before my unit was supposed to deploy to Iraq, and it's such a... →

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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... →

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Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

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Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting monk or anything.... →

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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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For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

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