Adam Driver quotes

Born
November 19, 1983, San Diego, California, U.S.

Occupation
Actor.

Adam Driver is an American actor, best known for his role as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. He has appeared in several films such as BlacKkKlansman (2018), Paterson, and The Report. In addition to his acting career, Driver is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Movies
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

There’s such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don’t think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone’s likable.
– Adam Driver

I have this really big face.
– 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.
– Adam Driver

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

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
– Adam Driver

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

I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
– Adam Driver

I’m like a sight gag.
– Adam Driver

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.
– Adam Driver

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
– Adam Driver

It’s hard to kill that father-son bond.
– Adam Driver

I don’t understand technology, and I’m very scared of it.
– Adam Driver

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

Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
– Adam Driver

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

I think it’s good to live an artful life.
– Adam Driver

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

I feel like I’ll never get over red carpets. They’re so bizarre and awkward.
– Adam Driver

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 close-knit community that the idea of not getting to go is hugely jarring, so I tried to get put back in training and wound up injuring it worse.
– Adam Driver