“And my first kiss was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth. I had to walk off and spit it out,” he was quoted by the Newsoftheworld, as saying.

The actor also added that he is still looking for love.

“But when you’re my age and your hormones are kicking in there’s not much besides sex that’s on your mind. I do believe in love at first sight, though it hasn’t happened to me yet,” he added.

He said: “When I first became famous they started calling me and my friends the p**** posse.

“I think that’s the most degrading thing toward women I’ve ever heard in my life. I’d never use that term.

But he added: “I’ve never been a Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It’s a slower process for me. I’ve always been a slow starter.

He explains: “I was walking through the airport in Paris and I remember looking down to see a girl holding on to my leg.

“I said, ‘Whatever illusions of grandeur you have about me, they’re not true. I will sit here and talk to you.

“I will look you in the eye and we’ll speak and it’s fine. You don’t need to dig your nails into my leg. It doesn’t need to be this.’

“It was that whole Titanic phenomenon, something that was so foreign to me.”

“I never felt that aspect of celebrity ever infringed on my life until Titanic. That was a whole different ballgame.

“It became a cultural phenomenon and, after it came out, I was focusing on things that had nothing to do with the art.

“It was all the business. It was all about stories and photographs coming out about me.

“And all the business with agents, publicists and managers — that really can be extremely frustrating and distracting, and ultimately is a waste of time.

“There’s no real control over how the media or the public perceives you. You can only speak for yourself as an artist through the work you do.

“It was definitely a reflective time for me, where I secured in my mind who I wanted to be.

“I learned to be even more specific about my goals as an actor, focus on the work more than ever and really wait for the right project. I didn’t want to squander the opportunities I had by making films I felt were recycled versions of ones we’ve seen a hundred times before.

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