Adam Driver

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. ”

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. ”

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

I was an infantry Marine, and there are only so many things you can do when you get out of the military that you can apply your job to. Either a janitor or a cop. I tried to do both of those things because what else are you going to do? ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I've seen incredible acts of humanity in the military because people put themselves aside, and it's about the other person. ”

Sophocles was a general: a warrior writing plays about military situations. ”

With brain and body, it's great if you have a connection between the two, but when separated, that leads to a lot of conflict. ”