Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

After Year 12, I went to Vancouver for my gap year and met an agent who told me to lose 25 kg.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

It's one huge arc right until you're in your early 20s. You're always changing and always learning, but it's very much that chapter in your life: fall crazy in love, become extremely angry at little things. It's a tumultuous time.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

I like different actors for different reasons. There are people like Tom Cruise, who have continued to stay on top of their game, and Hugh Jackman, for being one of the hardest working people in Hollywood.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

I was a really big kid.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

I was really fat in school.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.

Dacre Montgomery
Dacre Montgomery

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.