Adam Driver Reveals The One ‘Baseline’ Parenting Rule He Refuses To Break

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Actor Adam Driver is raising his kids to be polite! The “Star Wars” alum married his Juilliard classmate, actress Joanne Tucker, in 2013. They have since welcomed two children together, a son and a daughter. Although he keeps his personal life very private, the actor did reveal what he tries to teach his children while promoting his new movie, “Paper Tiger.”

Adam Driver Shares Two Children With Actress Joanne Tucker

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Recently, Adam Driver opened up about how he and his wife, actress Joanne Tucker, are navigating parenting in the spotlight while promoting his new movie, “Paper Tiger,” alongside his costar Scarlett Johansson.

The “Ferrari” actor revealed that his children already “have more growing up” than they did because of their fame. The couple welcomed their first child, a son, in 2016, only one year after Driver made headlines as the villainous Kylo Ren in 2015’s “The Force Awakens.”

He later reprised the role of Han Solo and Princess Leia’s troubled son in 2017’s “The Last Jedi” and 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” where he was ultimately redeemed as Ben Solo and died fighting the resurrected Emperor Palpatine.

What Adam Driver Has To Say About Parenting

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The “Paterson” actor said he’s careful about how he warns his children about the “privilege” of growing up with two acting parents.  

“I don’t want to get too caught in the ‘You don’t realize what you have,’ because that’s kind of wasted energy. It is what it is—[they] have more privilege than I had,” Driver told E! News.

Although he admitted “that’s a good thing,” he was also worried about how it “could also be a trap where things are taken for granted.”

He expressed concern for his son, saying, “I try to make sure that he understands where everything comes from and that he has to work for it to get it.” He later joked, “And I’m not giving him sh-t.”

Adam Driver Reveals That He Teaches His Children The Importance Of Manners

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The “Misty Green” actor also revealed that manners are a big rule in his household. He told the publication that the biggest lesson he hoped to impart on his son was to always “make sure that he has manners.”

“Manners [are] a big thing in our house. It’s kind of a baseline thing that is very massive,” he shared. “I think it’s very important. You have to have respect with every person, no matter where they are.”

He joked that his daughter, born in April 2023, is still trying to figure out her manners, since she’s only three years old. However, he noted that his son is becoming “very good” with them.

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‘Paper Tiger’ Is Driver’s Second Time Working With Scarlett Johansson

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Elsewhere in the joint interview, Driver and Johansson opened up about working together again. In “Paper Tiger,” Johansson plays the wife of Miles Teller, who is the brother of Adam Driver’s character. Driver and Johansson previously played a couple going through a tumultuous divorce in 2019’s “Marriage Story.”

Johansson had nothing but positive things to say about working with Driver again, noting that they have great chemistry both on and off set.

“We like to be on the set hanging out and working together,” she shared. “When you have somebody that you love their work, you love the act of working with them, you love to watch them work, you’re excited to see what they’re gonna do with something.”

Scarlett Johansson Says It’s ‘Great’ Working With Adam Driver  

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This isn’t the first time that the Marvel star has opened up about working with Driver. In September 2025, she told PEOPLE magazine that it was “great” working with the “Star Wars” alum.

“I love Adam as a person, and he is an absolutely extraordinary actor,” she said at the time. “If I could make every movie with Adam Driver, I would.”

Although she couldn’t make it to the Cannes premiere of “Paper Tiger” earlier this year, she did tell The Hollywood Reporter, “I would’ve loved to have had even more scenework with him; I love working with him.”

“Paper Tiger” will open in select theaters on November 13 before opening to a nationwide release on November 20.