Johnny Depp says there "was a great veil lifted" when he became a parent.

The 63-year-old actor, who has daughter Lily-Rose, 27, and son Jack, 24, with ex Vanessa Paradis, has reflected on how his life and outlook changed after becoming a father.

In an upcoming interview on CBS Mornings airing on Friday (13.11.26), he said: "There was a great veil lifted. That I had no idea had existed when my first child was born.

"I literally felt like a veil had been lifted from my vision. And suddenly, I understood exactly what everything had been for."

The Ebenezer star admitted he had found himself questioning why he was acting and choosing his projects based on paydays until he became a dad.

He added: "I never knew the answer to those questions until that veil was lifted, and instantly I knew.

"This is why you've made every single move in your life. This is what it's all about.

"Even if you're not particularly, like, self obsessed person, it is the first real, selfless moment that one could have, when your child arrives, there's nothing else in the world that exists."

Depp insisted he has "for sure" held onto that sense of purpose.

He has returned to the spotlight in the title role in Ebenezer, Ti West's fresh take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, eight years after the beginning of his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

In 2022, the jury ultimately found Heard liable on all three counts of defamation against him in a 2018 Washington Post article, while Depp was also found liable on one count of defamation in his ex's countersuit.

The couple eventually agreed a settlement in December of that year.

Ebenezer is Depp's first movie with a major US distributor since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.

At the premiere earlier this week, the Hollywood star was asked about the fan support he has continued to receive, and gave an emotional response.

He told Extra: "There's no way for me to explain how I feel.

"And it's deep. These are the people who've supported me through thick and thin and I owe them, I owe them. They're my bosses."