56 Quotes by Aidan Gallagher

When you're in seeing someone like Ellen Page, and you're right then, it's just the two of you. You're locked in. There's this incredible subtlety and control of the actor who's sitting across from you that you're really required to step up your game.

When I key into the character of Five, I'm generally drawing upon a mental state - not so much thinking about the 58-year-old side of him, just the way he reacts to things.

Five has sort of had his own little life aside from everyone. He spent 45 years in the apocalypse, and that took a toll on him and was a big part of his overall trauma.

That fight scene in episode two between Five, Hazel, and Cha-Cha at the department store was a lot of fun to shoot.

I don't know that I could ever really pull off Ferris Bueller because that was done in such an iconic way already.

Holden Caulfield would definitely be an interesting role, but I think there was some problem with the rights. As far as projects, I definitely would like to get into something like that.

I know how much money goes into every minute of production and how many people are counting on me, so I don't ever want to be one to let anyone down.

In the first season, Five was not very inclusive and he felt he needed to do everything himself. He didn't really open up to his family about the apocalypse. By the end of that season, he goes to them for help. He realizes he needs The Umbrella Academy - the full force of his family.

Quarantine has really affected me in terms of thinking about what the rest of the world is going through and what isolation within a small space might be like.