Johnny Depp would rather be poor & homeless than lose his family

Pirates of The Caribbean star Johnny Depp has revealed he would rather be poor and homeless than lose his family.

Depp - who has two children with with girlfriend Vanessa Paradis insists that they are the most important things in his life.

The 44-year-old Actor said: "My family is my sanctuary. I live for them now. I finally found a reason to exist in this world. There is nothing like it. I would give everything away, if I could keep my family."

Depp also revealed that one of his greatest pleasures in life is seeing his children blossom into their own personalities.

Johnny- who has finished shooting Tim Burton's 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' explained: "What keeps you feeling young more than anything is your kids, hanging around your kids, watching them experience things for the first time, seeing their imaginations bloom and flower. That's the key to all of it for me.

"Just the miracle of saving a drawing they made when they were three years old and looking at one they made when they were four - there's a vast difference in that. And then up to six and seven and it's like, 'I'm raising Picasso!' "