Adam Driver Howard Stern interview

    by Freddenver: Adam Driver

    Adam Driver shared that at 17 he drove to Hollywood to pursue acting but only made it 48 hours before joining the military. 'I drove all the way to California to be an actor but that didn’t work out I wasted all my money fixing my car.' He then moved back in with his parents and began selling.

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    Sit the whole time and go shit. I wish I could just be an actor. I wish I could be not you would like full-on hardcore military Yeah, I loved being in the Marine Corps. What's scarier to you warfare or acting? I? Mean those are two warfare. I never got a chance to go over and do that poor you So you train and train you get your body into physical shape you learn to be a cut do they teach you weaponry? Oh, of course. Yeah. Yeah, what are you firing off? Well, I was a mortar man, but I trained as a rifleman. Are you a good shot? Yeah, yeah, yeah qualified. You never got to fucking kill anyone. No, I never got to go Not that he can talk about you Wait a second you didn't get to go over cuz he went mountain biking and broke your back And would you like wait a sec so they kick you out of the military cuz you broke your sternum? Yeah, they draw me to a different unit and all my guys were gonna go over and so we're to Afghanistan Yeah, they did a Westpac. So Afghanistan and Iraq and And you were ready to go. I was yeah very ready to go. Were you broken-hearted very much? So yeah, even now looking back on it like I wish I could have gone yeah I talked to them all now and they have like are they like what kind of pussy are you acting? Yeah? Yeah? Because that's a pussy move right? Yeah