United Kingdom, April 28 -- Anne Hathaway was "chronically stressed" when she was younger.

The 41-year-old actress began to take "life for granted" because she was so consumed with worry and anxiety but has learned to battle against her instincts to fear the worst as she's got older.

She told New York magazine's 'The Interview' podcast:"As a formerly 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.'

"So when I find the old instincts rising, I just tell myself, 'You are not going to die stressed.' "

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