He put his interest in science on the backburner to pursue a career in film and theatre. An actor or any creative person has to be technically skilled or they have no basis to build upon. I've seen actors who aren't trained and so they don't have control over their performance. Skilled, trained actors mix the technical element with their inspiration. Inspiration and creativity stem from sweat and from pure hard work.
Creativity is a magic that happens sometimes.
I think people are mistaken if they think creativity happens out of nothing. I would call that 'fast-food thinking'. Creativity springs from a lifetime of work, not from sitting for an afternoon. Now that Adams is well on the road to a successful acting career, he has recently rekindled his interest in science, enrolling as a medical student at the University of Calgary. Adams thinks so.