When asked by Brief Take in August 2020 about the sorts of movies and TV shows he watches, Austin said he's a "movie guy" who enjoys classic films, such as those directed by Stanley Kubrick and Andrew Bergman — though he admitted that his tastes are always changing. He added, "I'm a big fan of Heath Ledger, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Paul Thomas Anderson, and it also changes so rapidly, because you see something and then now, maybe your focus is on that director or perhaps on that actor. It can just change so rapidly, at least for me personally."