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I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job.

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

It ended up taking eight years to finish college because I got deployed and went overseas.

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.

The best decision I ever made was to drop out of school.

I thought it was unfair to ask school kids to integrate first. The parents should lead the way, not send out the children as advance troops.