United Kingdom, April 18 -- Steve Coogan's wild party lifestyle made him "more interesting".

The 59-year-old actor previously battled issues with alcohol and drugs, but he's put it all behind him now and he's able to look back on his past with no regrets because it was all part of his life experience.

He told the Telegraph newspaper: "I think the most interesting people are people who partied once, rather than people who've never partied.

"I don't regret it at all. There's levels of responsibility. I regret some things if you get into the nitty-gritty, but I don't particularly want to.

"The Dylan Thomas myth that you have to be self-destructive to be creative is nonsense. The complexity of that conflict in the human heart between bein...