Charlie Hunnam gets "depressed" if he doesn’t work out.
The ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor thinks it is important to keep his body clean and not "corrupt" and is "addicted" to the chemical response he experiences when he exercises.
Speaking to the new issue of Men’s Health magazine, he said: "I get more out of fitness mentally than I do physically. It’s like an oil change.
"Your body is mostly water and it gets dirty, you know? You have to clear the dirty water otherwise it’ll corrupt everything; your thoughts, emotional process and body.
"I get addicted to the endorphin release of working out – my whole physiology relies on that. If I get injured or I don’t have time, I’ll start to feel cloudy, then depressed."
The 34-year-old star admits he has been setting up as many projects as possible for when ‘Sons of Anarchy’ draws to a close because he wants to avoid "falling into a dark pit" of despair.
Discussing how he feels at the end of a project, he said: "There’s a brutal reintroduction back into your regular life, which has been completely f**king neglected for six months.
‘I imagine with ‘Sons’…that’s going to be exacerbated tenfold. I can feel weird and lost – I’m prone to it.
"I wanted to avoid falling into a dark pit of existential crisis this time, so over the last 18 months I’ve been setting up some projects.
"I felt working through the transition was the healthiest way to deal with it."
Charlie Hunnam needs exercise
