Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.

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.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

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