"My deepest desire has always been to play Kylo as a human being and not as a machine. I fought so that we could feel some compassion for him, despite his horrible choices." -Adam Driver.
John Oliver on Late Night w/ Seth Meyers Nov 25, revealing how he got Adam Driver on LWT
"We reached out to him and said, 'Would you hypothetically be interested'... the message came back from him saying he has heard about it, he thinks it’s um, very strange, and he’s in."
"I will say that with an actor like Adam Driver, you can never limit what that man can do. I will say, without talking about redemption or not, that he is mind-blowing in this [The Rise of Skywalker]. He's brought a whole other level to this." J.J. Abrams.