Adam Driver responded to claims in Lena Dunham’s memoir Famesick during a 2026 Cannes Film Festival appearance promoting Paper Tiger. He said he had no comment on the allegations and planned to save responses for his own book. The memoir covers Dunham’s creative career and her experience with the spotlight, including her work on Girls, where chapter names draw from episode titles. Dunham described creative energy during auditions, while also recalling on-set turbulence. She alleged that during line practice Driver screamed at her and threw a chair near her, and she emphasized that he did not hurt her. She also described confusion after filming their characters’ first sex scene, saying her careful blocking was disrupted and she briefly worried about losing directorial authority.
"“I have no comment on any of that. I'm saving it all for my book,” he said (via )."
"Once, while practicing lines with Driver, Dunham couldn't recall her part and alleges that Driver screamed at her and threw a chair at the wall next to her. As she recently reiterated to NPR, “I think it was really important to make it clear in the writing that he did not hurt me. His aim was great. He didn't get me ... We were sort of doing the best we could to understand each other. But we were almost like two different species circling each other in the woods, and we were clashing.”"
"Dunham found the actor creatively invigorating during auditions (“I didn't just want what he brought to the show. I wanted what he brought out of me,” she writes) but claims that there were moments of on-set turbulence. She also recalls feeling confused after filming their characters' first sex scene, claiming that her “careful blocking went out the window.” Though she briefly worried that she'd “lost directorial authority,” sh"
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