Adam Driver has perfected the art of the non-answer, and he deployed it beautifully at Cannes when asked about Lena Dunham's memoir.
When a reporter brought up Dunham—Driver's Girls co-star and collaborator for six seasons—the actor smiled and delivered a line that simultaneously acknowledged the question and refused to engage: "I'm saving it all for my book."
It's the perfect deflection. It suggests he has thoughts. It implies there's a story to tell. It acknowledges that yes, he worked closely with Dunham during a creatively fertile and personally complicated period. And it gives absolutely nothing away.
Driver has been famously private about his Girls experience. While Dunham has written extensively about the show, the cast dynamics, and her creative process, Driver has mostly moved on to his post-Girls career: two Oscar nominations, franchise work in Star Wars, and a string of prestige collaborations with directors like Noah Baumbach and Jim Jarmusch.
Dunham's memoir, when it arrives, will presumably include Girls stories. Driver's comment suggests he's aware of this and perhaps has his own version of events. Or maybe he's just masterfully avoiding a question that has no good answer at a Cannes press conference.
The "saving it for my book" line has become a celebrity go-to for dodging uncomfortable questions. It worked for Driver here—the press got a quote, he didn't have to say anything substantive, and now we're all speculating about whether he'll actually write a memoir.
Will Adam Driver ever write that book? Who knows. But if he does, the Lena Dunham chapter will be required reading.
In Hollywood, nobody knows anything—but Adam Driver knows how to not answer a question with style.
