Johnny Depp might be adored by millions worldwide and have a large number of hit indie films under his belt - in addition to the Pirates of the Caribbean series but he’s not got any doubts that his family is the best thing that’s happened to him.

He told the Daily Mail recently that his life turned around when he met partner Vanessa Paradis and she gave birth to daughter Lily-Rose (followed two years later by son Jack): “[Lily-Rose’s] was not only the greatest thing that’s ever happened - it’s the only thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“I helped give our daughter life and I feel she gave me life.”

“Suddenly, you meet your reason to live, meet the future. It was like my birth in a way. I was born that day.”

When he became a dad, he gave up his previous drugs and alcohol filled partying lifestyle: “I quit drinking spirits because I couldn’t stop. I would just keep going until a black screen came down, where you can’t see anything any more.”

“Trying to numb and medicate myself was never about recreation, it was existing without living.”

“Now I have a solid foundation to stand on.”

“They make me happy. Simple, fun things, me and my son zooming around in little cars or making up absurd stories about Barbie dolls who get obsessed about peanut butter.”