Terry Crews on Why He & His Wife Did a 90-Day Sex Fast, Past Suicidal Thoughts & New Book 'Tough' (Exclusive)

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Terry Crews is opening his heart to the world and sharing the story of his life in his emotional, candid new book, . The actor recently sat down with ET's Rachel Smith, and offered some insight on a few of the surprising and challenging revelations from his new memoir.Crews is widely appreciated for his work in comedy, starring in beloved films and sitcoms including and serving as the affable, supportive host of However, the actor explained that due to his difficult childhood -- living with a physically abusive father and having a strained relationship with his devoutly religious and strict mother -- he grew up with anger issues that threatened his career, his relationships and his life.«You have to understand, I lived life like it was a revenge movie...

I mean, for a man like me, it was better than sex. It's like, 'I'm gonna get everybody back who ever did anything wrong to me ever,'» he said. «And that is fuel, it's motivation.

But it burns out.»"[One time], someone disrespected my wife and I literally picked this man up, put him on his head on the concrete and my wife was like, 'Whoa, that was way overkill!' It was too much.

The punishment did not fit the crime for what he did," Crews recalled of a time in his relationship with wife Rebecca King-Crews, whom he married in 1990.«It would happen all the time and my wife pulled me to the side she said, 'Terry, come here, you have to understand, you're gonna lose everything.' She said, 'At a minimum, you're gonna get sued, OK?