Dacre Montgomery

“It's more difficult for me to get into a character in the lead-up as opposed to leaving it.”

“We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.”

“I was a really big kid.”

“I recall very early Mel Gibson films where he's kind of cheeky. I wanted to embody those qualities, definitely.”

“I have the same wind-down routine when I go to bed, whether I'm shooting or not. It's nothing too special - maybe some TV, maybe a book.”

“You can't always be by the book every single day of your life.”

“It's such a thrill walking onto a film set.”

“I'm a total cinephile. I try to watch everything I can.”

“For me, there is always a certain level of recklessness that, I think, gives you a certain foundation, that makes you more interesting as a person.”

“Acting is my interest, but it opens up avenues.”

“That's part of the dream - doing my own stunts!”

“I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.”

“I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.”

“When I filmed 'Power Rangers,' almost everything was being assisted by a green screen, but it wasn't the same with 'Stranger Things.'”

“I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.”

“It's been an amazing journey. I've been pursuing a career in this industry for a long time, so when I was finally given an opportunity, I didn't take it for granted.”

“I wasn't a good kid in school. I wasn't a bad kid. I just didn't focus. My grades weren't good. I mucked around, you know, a phase everyone went through.”

“I was into Batman. I was into Spider-Man.”

“It'd been about four months since shooting 'Power Rangers,' and 'Stranger Things' was the first thing I saw that made me think, 'I need this.' I had one day to get my act together, so I made a short film rather than a self-tape. It had an opening score, opening titles, and I may or may not have put on a g-string and danced to 'Hungry Like a Wolf.'”

“It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.”