Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
Interpretation
Acting requires bravery as it involves risking failure publicly.
This quote by Adam Driver emphasizes the inherent vulnerability that comes with acting, as performers must be willing to take risks and potentially fail in front of an audience. The courage to accept failure not only defines great actors but also illustrates a broader life lesson about embracing risks and overcoming the fear of judgment from others.
In practice
A motivational speech to actors at a drama school.
Just having the internet is a weird and dangerous thing because people become accustomed to knowing things when they want to know them and not having to work for it. I definitely see the value in not knowing everything and having mystery in life and mystery in people.
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.
Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easily palatable. Things that are too dumbed down or easy to swallow are uninteresting... It's good when people have such a polarizing response.
I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people on YouTube, without them, I don't know where I'd be.
Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence.
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
It's a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That's what you should learn self-defense for.
Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
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