United Kingdom, July 7 -- Johnny Depp refuses to "hold" onto "hate" following his bitter court battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor split from Heard in 2016 and his career went into freefall when she later wrote an op-ed about being a victim of domestic abuse, which led to a lengthy court battle after he sued her for defamation, but he insisted he's not holding a grudge.

Depp told The Telegraph newspaper: "This sounds like horses*** but one can simply hold hate [until it] inspires some species of malice in your skull.

"Makes you think of revenge. But hating someone is a great big responsibility to hang on to.

"The real truth of it, that I won't allow, is that in order for me to hate, I have to care f...