'I almost turned into a doughnut!' Brad Pitt reveals the reasons he quit smoking marijuana



Oscar-nominated actor Brad Pitt has admitted he almost turned into a 'doughnut' from smoking too much marijuana.

The Moneyball star, who is in the running to be named Best Actor at the Academy Awards, said his fame led him to depression in the late 1990s.

He told the Hollywood Reporter magazine: ' I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s.



Couch potato: Brad Pitt, seen here in movie True Romance, says he quit smoking marijuana because he was 'turning into a doughnut'



'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.'



Pitt, 48, opened up about his former drug use in the latest issue of the magazine.



Revealing snippets of the interview, the magazine’s executive features editor Stephen Galloway explained: 'He said it’s like he had a semester of depression.



Waiting for the right time: Brad said his and Angelina Jolie's children have yet to watch any of their parents' films



'He hasn’t had that in this decade, but he definitely wrestled with it in the past.'



Competition: Brad will battle it out with George Clooney for the Best Actor Oscar later this year



Pitt also spoke about his and partner Angelina Jolie’s brood of six children, and said the kids had not yet seen their parents’ movies.



He said: 'They understand Mommy and Daddy work in stories and work in movies and they understand movies just for that.



'I want them to find them on their own when they’re a bit older and I can see what they mean to them then.'



Yesterday, Pitt learned that he will go head to head with pal George Clooney for the Best Actor Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards.



The pair also face competition from Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman and Demian Bichir.



But Pitt, who has been known to light-heartedly poke fun at Clooney, said he could not begrudge the Descendants star success.

