Iain Armitage Says Getting a 'Fire Wallet' is at the Top of His Bucket List

Iain Armitage Says Getting a 'Fire Wallet' is at the Top of His Bucket List

Iain Armitage looks comfy during his new shoot for Esquire!

Here’s what the Young Sheldon star had to share with the mag:

On Freddie Mercury being his favorite artist but not being able to see Bohemian Rhapsody: “I have not. I think it’s, like, PG-13. I guess I’m gonna watch the appropriate parts.”

On wanting to grow up so he can get a “fire wallet”: “It’s almost like a prank. Like, you go up to a cashier at some place, and you can have two wallets with it. You take out your fake fire wallet, it looks like a real wallet, and you open it and you can push a button on the side that makes it set on fire. (He says his mom will get it for him when he’s 18)…Once I get my fire wallet, then my life’s work is complete. Then I can go to college; I can do whatever. I’m gonna save all my weird things that I want to do, like skydiving, college, eating lemons while eating pickles, for after I get my fire wallet.”

On if it’s hard to manage being a TV star and going to school: “As long as you try your hardest and try to have a good work ethic and know that you’re very lucky to be here doing whatever you do, whether it’s working at some office job or being on the set of a show like Young Sheldon—whatever you do—you’re lucky to have it. There are some jobs that are considered, like, not a lot of people want to do. Like, for instance, janitoring. Or jani-TOR-ing? Being a janitor. But as long as you come into your workplace with a smile and be super happy and be the best janitor you can be, you’re gonna have a great life and a great day and a great everything.”

For more from Iain, visit Esquire.com.

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