Brad Pitt reveals drug use and ‘wasted life’

Hollywood star Brad Pitt has revealed how he felt drug use was causing his to waste his life, during his marriage with Jennifer Anniston.

Brad Pitt says he he was previously unhappy in life and using drugs. Picture: Getty

In an interview with Esquire magazine, the A-lister said he believed he was wasting his opportunity in life during his marriage to the former Friends star due to drug use.

“I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic,” he said. “It became very clear to me that I was so intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself.”

“For a long time I thought I did too much damage — drug damage.

“I was a bit of a drifter. A guy who felt he grew up in something of a vacuum and wanted to see things, wanted to be inspired. I spent years [expletive] off. But then I got burnt out and felt that I was wasting my opportunity.”

However, the actor came to find happiness after meeting Angelina Jolie in 2005 and starting a family with her.

“I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I wanted to do it big,” he added.

“I have a handful of close friends and I have my family and I haven’t known life to be any happier. I’m making things. I just haven’t known life to be any happier.”