The `Pirates of the Caribbean` star admitted he used to be so uncomfortable with fame after his profile skyrocketed following his role in TV show `21 Jump Street` that he "drank his guts out" every night in order to cope with it. He said: "If the choice is to be gawked at constantly or to sit in a dark room, I`d choose the dark room. "I felt as if I had been turned into a novelty and it was mortifying. "When I was in a social situation, I was nervous and uncomfortable. The only way I could get through it was to drink my guts out. I wasted a lot of years." While Johnny eventually cleaned up his act after meeting Vanessa Paradis - with whom he has two children, Lily-Rose, 12, and Jack, nine - he admits having a few glasses of wine with his partner of almost 14 years is his idea of a perfect evening. He added in an interview with the Daily Mail newspaper: "A glass or two of wine before dinner is my favourite thing, watching the sunset and the kiddies playing nearby. It`s perfection."