Anne Hathaway revealed she surpassed five years sober in a candid new interview that touched on her past struggles and the time she was the subject of internet ridicule,

Anne Hathaway revealed she surpassed five years sober in a candid new interview that touched on the time she was the subject of internet ridicule, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The actress, 41, who tends to keep a low profile, opened up about personal growth and her upcoming movie for the debut of the New York Times series, The Interview.

When NYT‘s David Marchese asked Hathaway about turning 40, she responded, “I don’t take it that seriously,” and said that “there are so many other things I identify as milestones.”

The actress said that hitting five years sober felt “like a milestone.”

“I don’t normally talk about it, but I am over five years sober,” she said, “That feels like a milestone to me.”

The Devil Wears Prada actress said that turning 40 felt “like a gift” rather than a label of “middle age,” citing her past struggles as a “chronically stressed young woman.”

“I just remember thinking one day, ‘You are taking this for granted. You are taking your life for granted. You have no idea. Something could fall through the sky, and that would be lights out,” she recalled.

Hathaway discussed overcoming her struggles as a “chronically stressed young woman.”

“So when I find the old instincts rising, I just tell myself, ‘You are not going to die stressed.’”

When Marchese asked what was causing her so much stress, Hathaway answered, “I didn’t know how to breathe yet,” adding, “I was very in my head about a lot of things.”

She said she would rather not “go into specifics too much, because I like to keep my personal things personal,” but admitted there was a time she felt “stuck.”