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Jack Black: 'I was a reckless teen'

Published Thursday, Jul 3 2008, 06:52 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Jack Black: 'I was a reckless teen'

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Jack Black has confessed to taking drugs and stealing from his mother as a teenager.

The Kung Fu Panda star revealed that he was fortunate to survive his "reckless" behaviour.

He said: "I'm lucky to be alive - I don't think I was completely sane. They should have put me in jail. Plus, I was doing coke and sniffing glue, I stole from my mum.

"It was a bad time, but most teens have reckless spells."

Black recently admitted that he tries to hide his bad movies by not promoting them properly.

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