Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins open up about mistakes in philosophical interview

Brad Pitt recently sat down to interview his "Meet Joe Black" co-star Anthony Hopkins, he ended up talking about his struggle with alcohol, learning to own up his mistakes and finding meaning in creativity.

The philosophical chat for the Interview magazine began with Pitt asking Hopkins whether the great actor believed that "things are fated."
Hopkins said, "My impression is that I sat on this big beast, whatever it islife. At some point, I made an unconscious choice to sit on this beautiful, powerful thing. And I just go where it takes me. I think that what happens to people like you and myself. We don't even know why. Maybe it's a desire to escape from something. But what I believe now is that we can't take credit or blame."
Pitt said he saw his drinking habit "as a disservice to myself, as an escape" but agreed that it was necessary to "some degree."