Russell Brand has admitted that he sometimes wishes he was still a drug addict rather than a famous comedian and actor.
The funnyman, who has battled drug addiction, made the shock confession while filming the BBC documentary Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery, due to air in the UK later this month.
In a clip obtained by Britain's The Sun newspaper, Brand watches a recording of himself smoking heroin in a small apartment in Hackney, London, and - despite being clean from drugs for 10 years - the star admits he still has cravings and sometimes wishes he could give up his current life in favour of how he lived in his 20s.
"This is when you know it's a disease. It doesn't matter that I sat in that flat in Hackney and now I'm in the Savoy (Hotel). I'm jealous of me then. It doesn't make a difference to me. The money, the fame, the power, the sex, the women - none of it. I'd rather be a drug addict," Brand says in the documentary.
However, Brand insists he is well aware of the negative impact the toxic substances had on him and his loved ones.
