Dennis Quaid opens on cocaine addiction, marriage with Meg Ryan

Dennis Quaid opens on his drug addiciton in a new interview.

Reuters

Actor Dennis Quaid talked about his addiction to cocaine and how he slept only an hour a night in an interview scheduled for Monday

Quaid, 64, said that He had begun to use cocaine. He arrived in Hollywood. He would promise to stop doing the drugs, but by the beginning of the evening he would be back, according to the Daily Mail

"I was doing cocaine pretty much every day during the 80 years". Quaid said. "I've spent a lot, a lot of a night shouting at God to take it away, I'll never do it again because I only have an hour left before I'm at home." job."

"Then about 4 o" The afternoon clock, I would be "oh that's not so bad," I had a white light experience where I I saw myself either dead or losing everything that meant something to me, "he said, was featured in the 1987 hit" The Big Easy ", he was starting to hit the bottom and sleeping about an hour of sleep per night

"I had a reputation for being a" bad boy ", who seemed to be a good one But, in fact, I just had my head glued to my … Said the 64-year-old star.

"I used cocaine almost every day during the 1980s."

– Dennis Quaid

Quaid also spoke about his marriage to actress Meg Ryan. He said Ryan's fame "weighed" on him during their time together, adding that it affected his career.

"And I have to admit, I really had the impression of having disappeared," said Quaid

. 2001 and have a son together.

Quaid's full interview should be broadcast Monday morning on NBC's "Today" show