alcoholic," Simon Pegg revealed. At that time, Pegg utilised his acting capabilities to hide his alcohol dependency to those around him. "I'm an actor, so I acted. . .
all the f**g time," Pegg confessed. "One thing [addiction] does is make you clever at not giving anything away. People think junkies and alcoholics are slovenly, unmotivated people.
They're not - they are incredibly organised. They can nip out for a quick shot of whisky and you wouldn't know they have gone. " As the addiction grows stronger, however, the signs become "too obvious" to mask. READ MORE: Cancer: Popular herbal tea containing 'known cause' of cancerHe quipped to The Guardian: "You have taken the dog for one too many walks. " When his daughter, Matilda, was born in 2009, he thought he would snap out of his alcohol dependency - he didn't. "I thought it would fix things and it just didn't.
Because it can't," Pegg shared. "Nothing can, other than a dedicated approach, whether that's therapy or medication, or whatever. "A year after becoming a father, Pegg was at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, California, promoting his movie Paul.