“Part of how I was able to connect so easily to [my character] Mike Newton is that I had a very similar experience in high school. In our case, she liked me first and I liked her later, and that crossover time never worked out.”

“I’ve only been in two relationships in my life, and I’ve maybe hooked up with a grand total of five or six people. In terms of my priority and how I think about it, I’m a committed guy. It was always more appealing to me to hear stories about an old couple who’s been together since high school and they’re now 89 years old.”

- Michael Welch in June/July Seventeen