Johnny Depp has revealed he was completely ‘freaked out’ by fame as a young actor. The star of hit movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Don Juan DeMarco says he had a terrible time as a young star in Hollywood.

Johnny Depp admitted in a new documentary about Tim Burton that he was “completely freaked out” by the media attention he received as a teen heartthrob early in his career. “Paparazzi would take pictures of me. People would whisper and point their finger and stuff,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor, 61, recalled, per People.

Johnny Depp has confessed that he initially struggled to cope with the pressures of fame.