Johnny Depp said he risked it all for the truth in his infamous court case against Amber Heard in an interview published Saturday.

The Depp v. Heard case mesmerized millions as it was live-streamed from court but, for Depp, it signified the unraveling of many of his most personal experiences, according to an interview with The Sunday Times. Depp sued Heard for libel over a December 2018 column she wrote for The Washington Post. In June 2022, a jury ruled in favor of Depp, saying he was a victim of defamation and awarding him approximately $15 million in damages. The famous actor told the publication he won in court but had to risk his personal and professional reputation to get to the finish line.

“Look, it had gone far enough,” Depp told The Times. “I knew I’d have to semi-eviscerate myself. ”

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 1, 2022 shows US Actor Johnny Depp (L) attending the trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 24, 2022 and US actress Amber Heard looking on in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 24, 2022. – US actress Amber Heard said she was disappointed “beyond words” on June 1, 2022 after a jury found she had made defamatory claims of abuse against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, calling it a “setback” for women. (Photo by JIM WATSON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp’s legal battle exposed a number of alleged personal exchanges between the former couple that didn’t paint either of them in a good light but the actor said he accepted it for the sake of setting the record straight.

“Everyone was saying, ‘It’ll go away!’ But I can’t trust that. What will go away? The fiction pawned around the fucking globe? No it won’t!” Depp told The Times.

“If I don’t try to represent the truth it will be like I’ve actually committed the acts I am accused of. And my kids will have to live with it. Their kids. Kids that I’ve met in hospitals,” he said.

Actor Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 25, 2022. – Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp described how he felt going into the courtroom to put put his life on public display.

“So the night before the trial in Virginia I didn’t feel nervous,” he said.

“If you don’t have to memorize lines, if you’re just speaking the truth? Roll the dice,” Depp told The Times.

“Look, none of this was going be easy, but I didn’t care. I thought, ‘I’ll fight until the bitter fucking end.’ And if I end up pumping gas? That’s all right. I’ve done that before.”

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA – JUNE 01: Actress Amber Heard departs the Fairfax County Courthouse on June 1, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. The jury in the Depp vs. Heard case awarded actor Johnny Depp $15 million in his defamation case against Heard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Depp expressed his frustration toward many people he had worked with professionally. “And my loyalty is the last thing anybody should question. I was with one agent for 30 years, but she she spoke in court about how difficult I was,” he told The Times.

“That’s death by confetti, these fake motherfuckers who lie to you, celebrate you, say all sorts of horror behind your back, yet keep the money — that confetti machine going — because what do they want? Dough,” he said.

“I’ll tell you what hurts,” he said. “There are people, and I’m thinking of three, who did me dirty. Those people were at my kids’ parties. Throwing them in the air. And, look, I understand people who could not stand up [for me], because the most frightening thing to them was making the right choice,” Depp said.

TOPSHOT – Actor Johnny Depp gestures to spectators in court after closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 27, 2022. – Actor Johnny Depp is suing ex-wife Amber Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse. (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“I was pre-MeToo. I was like a crash test dummy for MeToo. It was before Harvey Weinstein.” (RELATED: Amber Heard Allegedly Defecated In Johnny Depp’s Bed, Now Thinks She Can Raise Two Kids Alone)

“And I sponged it, took it all in. And so I wanted from the hundreds of people I’ve met in that industry to see who was playing it safe.” The famous actor continued. “Better go woke!”

In spite of it all, Depp said, “I have no regrets about anything — because, truly, what can we do about last week’s dinner? Not a fucking thing.”