Adam Driver

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.

Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.

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.

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.

I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.

Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain.

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.

People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

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.