The actor doesn’t want to be pigeon-holed as Sheriff Hopper for the rest of his life.

David Harbouris wary of getting stuck in the upside down.

I love this show.

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David Harbour on ‘Stranger Things’.Courtesy of Netflix

I love the character,'" he toldInsiderin an interview.

“And I do love the show.

And I do love the character.

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But I don’t want to bejustthat character.

I don’t want to bejustthat guy.”

A whole new world opened up for me with that," Harbour said.

“I like this playing field.

I want to make original movies that go to the movie theaters.”

“I think aboutGeorge ClooneyleavingER,” he said.

“Now we just see him as George Clooney.

But there was a time when it was, ‘The guy fromERis doing a movie withNicole Kidman.'”

“I’m trying to navigate some of that,” he continued.

But at the same time, you kind of want to leave the nest.

I got more in me.

I got different stuff in me, and I want you guys to see that.