Slater: 'I've been out of control'

Christian Slater has admitted that he was once out of control, saying that it is remarkable he has reached the age of 40.

The actor told Parade that he uses his past experience to help him live with more restraint in the present.

Slater said: "I've been out of control. If I hadn't been, I wouldn't know how to be in control. I guess everybody who's been through what I have just has to start from scratch and build from there.

"You have to learn to face being afraid of not being able to cope. You have to face it instead of running away from it."

He added: "I'm 40. I just hit 40, so what more can I say? I mean, the fact that I'm 40 is a miracle. I'm on the other side now. I feel like I've hit a certain milestone and I'm going, 'Onwards and upward'.

"If I were looking back, I would say to myself during the tough times, 'If you can make it to 40, nothing in the past can prevent you from being present today'. There's a great author who said, 'We don't live life, life kind of lives us'."