Josh Hartnett shares a rare glimpse into his life as a father of four

Josh HartnettParenting will always be my favorite role.

the Black mirror The actor – who shares four children with his wife Tamsin Egerton– Speaking about his life as a father, he revealed that it was very difficult to balance parenting and playing the role of a grieving father in the sixth season of the Netflix sci-fi series.

“I’m not good at getting out of it, especially if it’s hard getting into it,” Josh said of a difficult film role. diverse Interview published on June 10. “It takes almost as much effort to get out because I can’t just pick it up and leave it.”

The 45-year-old continued: “At the same time, I have great friends, I have a great family, I have kids and they don’t care what I was doing at work. They need things, so I can’t really bring it up, that’s not an option.”

For Josh, he realized that he would rather have his family shape his life rather than his Hollywood career, which he stepped away from for a brief period of time to focus on his mental health.