Tim Matheson He says he was lucky he never got addicted to cocaine…says he played hard, but he worried about how the white stuff would affect his work because he was addicted to it. I did too much.
‘Animal House’ star spoke Page 6 About his new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You” (a reference to the line his character says to future pledges in the iconic college fraternity movie), and because he was a working actor; With Cora explaining that she was afraid of overindulging.
Basically, Matheson said he was not a star and was living paycheck to paycheck…and was keenly aware that he could lose his income if he didn’t continue to perform well.
That being said, Tim says he didn’t avoid that stuff completely…but he didn’t use it as much as some of his contemporaries who were further up the call sheet. did.
One of those contemporaries… John Belushi –He died of a cocaine and heroin overdose in 1982 at just 33 years old.
Part of the problem, Matheson says, is that everyone in his generation said cocaine wasn’t that bad for you…obviously it wasn’t.
TM has had quite a career since “Animal House,” with credits including “The West Wing,” “Hart of Dixie,” “Fletch,” “Batman: The Animated Series,” “Black Sheep,” and “Van.” I’m appearing. Wilder” and “Virgin River.”
Drug addiction probably would have limited his career credits…and Matheson thanks his lucky stars, he never fell into drug addiction.
