From the Army to Hollywood: How Ex-Marine Adam Driver Became an A-List Actor

He Wanted to Smoke and Act

Getting discharged from the army depressed him, but something that happened to him earlier gave him the clarity and drive he needed it. One day during military training, he and his fellow troops conducted field exercises with white phosphorous. Instead of hitting the target, one of the phosphorous shells burst above the men in the field. He watched the white cloud fall in slow-motion, nearly killing everyone.

Adam Driver is smoking a cigarette on a roof in a long black jacket.

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Adam said he immediately focused on what he wanted to do in the real world: he wanted to smoke and be an actor. “I was like, ‘I’m going to smoke cigarettes and be an actor when I get out.’ Those were my two thoughts,” he remarked. “I wanted to smoke cigarettes and be an actor.”

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