Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

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.

I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.

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.

I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.