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

I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.

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

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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.

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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.

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At Juilliard, suddenly I was reading these great plays that could articulate the ways I was feeling in the Marine Corps, and that felt very therapeutic, by putting words to feelings, in a big way.

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

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I was in a mountain biking accident and broke my sternum about three months before my unit was supposed to deploy to Iraq, and it's such a close-knit community that the idea of not getting to go is hugely jarring, so I tried to get put back in training and wound up injuring it worse.

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I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.

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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

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