David Harbour spoke out about “mistakes” being part of his journey in an interview that was published on the same day as the Millie Bobby Brown report.
The actor was allegedly accused of harassment and bullying in a complaint filed by Millie, his on-screen Stranger Things daughter, before the filming of the final season.
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While speaking with Esquire Spain, David was asked if there was anything he would change about the last half-century of his life now that he has turned 50.
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“That’s such a hard question – the question of regret, or something. I would change either everything or nothing,” David said. “You either accept your path completely and realize that even the pain and the slip-ups and the mistakes are all part of the journey, and that there’s truth and growth, wisdom and deeper empathy and connection in all that. It’s kind of like a house of cards, the minute you try to change one thing you kind of have to change it all.”
He continued, “[As an artist] it’s about incorporating your life into something that you can give to other people so that they can have a cathartic response to their lives. If you’ve never been through anything, what do you really have to offer? If I were to change anything I’d change everything, and just make my life happy and silly and like, whatever, and then I wouldn’t be an artist anymore. And that would suck.”
For the next 50 years of his life, David is mainly focused on the stories he will be telling. He did make a quick note about his personal life though.
“Then of course there’s personal stuff that I want to do, and people that I want to love, and be good to and nurture, things like that,” he said.
David is also facing accusations from his ex-wife Lily Allen through her new music.