Oscar nominee Brad Pitt opened up to The Hollywood Reporter abouthis past struggle with depression and kicking his marijuana habit – for the most part. The ‘Moneyball‘ star shared:
“I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s: I was hiding out from the celebrity thing; I was smoking way too much dope; I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut; and I really got irritated with myself. I got to: ‘What’s the point? I know better than this.’
“I used to deal with depression, but I don’t now, not this decade — maybe last decade. But that’s also figuring out who you are. I see it as a great education, as one of the seasons or a semester: ‘This semester I was majoring in depression.’ I was doing the same thing every night and numbing myself to sleep — the same routine: Couldn’t wait to get home and hide out. But that feeling of unease was growing and one night I just said, ‘This is a waste.’”
Brad said after taking a few trips and getting a glimpse at extreme poverty, he decided to give up smoking pot and do something:
“I just quit. I stopped grass then — I mean, pretty much — and decided to get off the couch. I sought out Bono and sat down with him a few times and got involved in some of the stuff he was doing. But it all started before that. It started with private acts,”
He says that it contributed to the attraction he had to Angelina Jolie:
“That may have been one of the things that brought us together. Certainly, I’ve met very few people more dedicated than she is. She is always studying issues, daily. She has such compassion for the people she works with.”
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