Bradley Cooperhas spoken out about the lowest point in his career, which came after he was written off ofUS Weeklyreports, a struggle with drugs and alcohol ensued. "If I continued it, I was really going to sabotage my whole life," he recalled.

Once sober, however, Cooper quickly realized the business did want him and since then his career has gone from strength to strength.

Bradley also revealed that it was his stockbroker father who inspired him to get into acting in the first place. “He had to carry a knife to f****** school,” said Cooper. “He just wanted to get the f*** out of there and make money.”

“In another world, my father would be doing the same thing I’m doing.”