Doing a scene by yourself is scarier - you know you don't have other people to fall back on.
— Finn Wolfhard
During 'Stranger Things 3,' I shot 'It: Chapter Two,' so I would shoot on my days off, which was super tiring and stressful, but really rewarding at the same time. Basically, I shot 'It: Chapter Two' and 'Stranger Things 3' at the same time.
I need time to do whatever I want to do. What happens to an actor that has no life experience? They don't know how to act as a different role. So, that's really important to do.
My parents were in high school and college in the '80s, so let's just say I've heard some stuff, man. We listen to a lot of music and watch lots of great films, but the real context they provide from that era is about politics.
I'd actually love to do more comedy, but what I really wanna do is an indie drama - an intense indie road-trip movie.
Okay, I like the Clash. I like Tears for Fears. I like A-ha.
It's my given, full name. Finn's not short for anything; it's just Finn Wolfhard. And then Wolfhard means, I think, heart of the wolf in German.
It's intriguing to me, when I see a horror script, or something like that, that's actually original. I think that's why I love 'Stranger Things,' because it's not just horror, it's everything, and when they use horror it's right.
I watch a lot of YouTube videos. I like game play channels like the Game Grumps. But I mostly watch sketch comedy.
I guess with a Netflix show, if you're a kid, it's all dependent on how you're raised and if you have access to it.
It was cool when the Duffers assigned a list of movies to watch.
PUP introduced me to so much more amazing music. They really shaped my sound.
I think if I'm with a friend group, I try to be as funny as possible, and I don't always succeed, obviously.
Well, I kind of did the math in my head when I was like, 9. I was like, 'Well, if I want to make films' - because I want to be a director - 'I could just go on a film set and learn there.' And then I ended up falling in love with acting and the set and making friends all the time. And so I've just been doing that ever since.
Well, we shoot for so long on 'Stranger Things' that I know Atlanta really well.
I love being Canadian.
I mean if anyone's comfortable being famous, they're a psychopath.
People deal with death differently; some even laugh at funerals.
Jason Reitman is an amazing director; he's really amazing with his actors and crew.
The Duffers like that; they like watching their characters grow.
I have lots of friends who are musicians and it is such a huge victory to survive in music, period - but if you get sick or injured and don't have the kind of coverage we get in Canada, you are doomed.
I love retro culture. I love retro games; I love retro music.
Scary movies, for me, I used to be insanely scared of.
I love Nirvana, Joy Division, and New Order - older alternative, I guess.
I'm always interested in horror and the supernatural.
I usually just watch YouTube videos or reruns on Netflix of older TV shows like 'Family Guy' and stuff. But I still really want to start watching more TV.
Pup, who's like the most amazing, they're keeping rock 'n' roll and punk alive.
I'd seen all of John Hughes's movies. All the Spielberg stuff. A bunch of '80s horror, like 'Evil Dead.'
If I hadn't done the PUP video, I probably wouldn't be playing music right now.
I think I'm really bad at voice acting.
I never liked horror up until I was like 10 years old.
If I lounge around for too long, I get really bored. I have to be doing something.
I probably saw 'Jaws' when I was 10.
When I was younger, I acted in some Shakespeare stuff; I did one Shakespeare camp.
My parents are great. On every job, my whole family and I try to get as many breaks as I can.
I'm definitely not eager to grow up, but I do like some adult stuff.
I'm good at reading people. If I wasn't an actor, I would be a psychologist.
I think growing up in Vancouver is a different lifestyle than growing up in most other places.
My dad is a screenwriter, so he always used to watch movies for inspiration when I was a baby. I would watch movies with him, I guess, in the background.
I love '80s and '90s music.
I really used to like TVMaxwell, which is a classic, amazing, super-underrated comedy channel. And Cyndago was great.
I mainly use Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Those are my three.
If you don't realize that there are great rock bands out there, you should look for them.
It's really cool when the thing you are working on as a small team gets embraced by millions, but in the end, it's about your character and the script and your director and the rest of the cast and crew.
Everyone wants to be funny. Maybe not everyone, but to an extent.
I'd love to make a horror movie, that's definitely where I want to be one day.
Honestly, if acting never worked out, I would have done music.
It's going to sound cheesy, but if I have family and friends I don't really care where I am.
I'd recommend anyone watch 'Harold and Maude,' 'cause it helps a lot with fear of death.
