Gary Oldman believes he’d be ‘dead or institutionalized’ if he didn’t give up booze 28 years ago

Gary Oldman is getting candid about his sobriety.

The “Slow Horses” star opened up about his battle with alcoholism and getting sober 28 years ago during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Monday, Aug. 18.

“I’m in a very good place at the moment, and a lot of that is to do with sobriety,” Oldman, 67, began. “It’s been 28 years. There was a point when I didn’t think I could’ve gone 28 seconds without a drink.”

Although the “Harry Potter” actor did not pass the buck regarding his fight with addiction, he did acknowledge that many of his “heroes” were “all sorts of drunks and drug addicts,” which played a part in his own decision to start drinking.

“They were all tortured poets and artists,” Oldman shared. “You look up to them and you romanticize and want to emulate them.”

“It was a social norm, and at some point, it got out of control,” he continued. “And that’s nothing to do with anyone other than me. But you do glamorize it, that sort of crazy behavior.”