Brand, 37, who has battled drug addiction earlier, made the confession while filming BBC Three documentary "Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery", due to air in Britain this month, reported Contactmusic.
A clip shows Brand watching a recording of himself smoking heroin in an apartment here, and despite being clean from drugs for 10 years, he admitted he still has cravings.
"This is when you know it is a disease. It does not matter that I sat in that flat (apartment) in Hackney and now I am in the Savoy (Hotel). I am jealous of me then. It does not make a difference to me. The money, the fame, the power, the women - none of it. I would rather be a drug addict," he said in the documentary.
Brand, however, said he is aware of the negative impact of drugs.
"Heroin is a greedy drug, it will take everything. First it will take your money. Then it will take your friends, your family, your car, your house. Then it is going to take bits of your body," he added.