{"id":156304,"date":"2026-01-10T14:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=156304"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:03:42","slug":"david-harbour-talks-about-how-stranger-things-changed-his-life-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/david-harbour-talks-about-how-stranger-things-changed-his-life-at-40\/","title":{"rendered":"David Harbour talks about how &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; changed his life at 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<kbd class=\"ai-debug-invisible\">[HTML TAGS REMOVED]<\/kbd><section data-ai-position='3' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>345 words<\/a> BEFORE CONTENT <a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'>345 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>27 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 1<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>27 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>In an interview for Esquire Magazine, <strong>David Harbour<\/strong> talks about how &#8216;<strong>Stranger Things<\/strong>&#8216; changed his life at 40 and how fame hit differently when he was older.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 1<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>51 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 2<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>51 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>A few months ago, the actor opened up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/uk\/culture\/film\/a69163752\/david-harbour-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">magazine<\/a> about his current celebrity life, his future projects, and the lessons he has learned by turning 50 years old and more after the ending of the recording of the last season of the <strong>Netflix<\/strong> series that brought him to fame.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 2<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>40 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 3<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>40 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>When David Harbour was asked about the first time he thought, <em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve made it,&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em> he immediately talked about the weekend that &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; came out, saying that this time, unlike his previous projects, put him on a high new level.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 3<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='18' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE IMAGE 1<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"&gt;<\/kbd>\n        <blockquote><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;blockquote&gt;<\/kbd><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;When I was about 35, I was very happy with my life and what I was doing. I was just going to be one of these character actors who was never really the star and never headlined the movie. I was okay with it.&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;And then Stranger Things hit like a thunderbolt. The weekend it came out I was doing a play. Normally a couple of people would always wait for me after a show, because I was at a level where they had known me or known my work,&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em> but he suddenly notices that every time more people were waiting to see him after the show.<kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p>\n<p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;And that was the weekend I realized [that] I&#8217;m not going to be able to walk down the street anymore without people recognizing me.&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/blockquote&gt;<\/kbd><\/blockquote>\n        <kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/figure&gt;<\/kbd><\/figure><section data-ai-position='19' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'>AFTER IMAGE 1<\/section>\n        \n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>0 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 4<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>0 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd><section data-ai-position='18' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE IMAGE 2<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-img'>&lt;img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/David-Harbour-opens-up-about-how-Stranger-Things-changed-his-life-at-40-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/&gt;<\/kbd><section data-ai-position='19' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'>AFTER IMAGE 2<\/section><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 4<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>40 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 5<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>40 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;p&gt;<\/kbd>Later, the interviewer recalled &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; premiered when he was 41 and asked, <em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;Is it easier not to become a jerk when fame comes a little later in life?&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em> to which he answered with sincerity, <em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;em&gt;<\/kbd><strong>&#8220;For me it certainly is.&#8221;<\/strong><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-special'>&lt;\/em&gt;<\/kbd><\/em><kbd class='ai-debug-tags ai-debug-p'>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/kbd><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 5<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='18' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE IMAGE 3<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span 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You get to enjoy it more, I think, instead of trying to preserve it or control it or hang on to it. 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