Quotes from Finn Wolfhard

Obviously 'Stranger Things' has given me the launching pad to have creative license for whatever I want, and I love doing the show, but when it comes to music, I want to distance myself as much as possible.

The things I want to focus on are music, writing, directing, and developing stuff.

Everyone wants to be funny. Maybe not everyone, but to an extent.

Okay, I like the Clash. I like Tears for Fears. I like A-ha.

The aliens from 'Attack the Block' - I thought they were some of the most unique and creative movie monsters I had ever seen. From the jet-black hair to the neon blue teeth.

I mean if anyone's comfortable being famous, they're a psychopath.

My favorite thing is to have collectives. Even when it comes to filmmaking as well, filmmaking and music and most art in general, I feel like everyone should have the same say. If you're in a collective, I feel like everyone should have the same say.

There's a band from Brooklyn called Frankie Cosmos, which is very nice.

People deal with death differently; some even laugh at funerals.

I'm not a big radio listener.

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.

I'm definitely not eager to grow up, but I do like some adult stuff.

Sewer rats are really gross.

I get recognized on the street and stuff, which is cool but it's also weird.

I'd recommend anyone watch 'Harold and Maude,' 'cause it helps a lot with fear of death.

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.

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.

Honestly, if acting never worked out, I would have done music.

I definitely do have a persona onstage. I definitely am a completely different person, but I'm still having a lot of fun and there's a lot of acting that goes into it. But I haven't been playing many shows when I'm working on acting as much because it's tiring, number one. And number two, it's hard for your mind to makeup what it wants to do.

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.

Weird Al' is awesome and so humble.

Life gets weird enough without having to worry about whether you are covered for this or have to have a deductible for that, so the less stress when you are in need, the better.

My dad would play 'The Blue Album' a lot, the first Weezer album, and that influenced my alternative indie thing and that's kind of how I found tons and most of my favorite bands.

I'm good at reading people. If I wasn't an actor, I would be a psychologist.