Angelina Jolie feels lucky to be alive

Angelina Jolie admits shes very lucky to have not died young.

The Oscar-winning actress is famed for her wild past including a period where she experimented with hard drugs and self-harming and is grateful shes still alive as she knows it could have turned out much differently.

The 36-year-old beauty said: I went through heavy, darker times and I survived them. I didnt die young, so Im very lucky. There are other artists and people who didnt survive certain things.

People can imagine I did the most dangerous and the worst. For many reasons, I shouldnt be here. You just think [about] those times when you came too close to too many dangerous things, too many chances taken, too far.

Angelina who raises six children with partner Brad Pitt admits her life has calmed down but she will always have a wild side to her personality.

She told Bob Simon on CBS 60 Minutes: Im still a bad girl. I still have that side of meits just in its place nowit belongs to Brad. Or our adventures.

Angelina has always been very open about her past and has previously spoken candidly about her drug use, saying: "In the past I took just every drug possible, coke, ecstasy, heroin, everything."