Zach Braff reveals Coldplay helped him to overcome depression

Zach Braff revealed in his latest interview that music band Coldplay's 2000 song Don't Panic helped him overcome depression.

The American actor told to NME: “It’s the first track on [his directorial debut] Garden State, and I have such a sentimental attachment to that time of my life and what that became with that film.”

He further said: “It’s just one of those songs that I can’t hear anymore, even though it’s one of my favourite songs ever. I just so associate it with that time of my life. When that album came out, ‘Parachutes,’ I don’t think I’ve ever responded to an album the way I responded to ‘Parachutes.’

"From start to finish there wasn’t a single track that I would ever consider skipping and I love Chris Martin. I love his voice. It was a particular time in my life when I was quite depressed and man did that hit me at the right time," the actor continued.

The Moonshot star added: "And so when I wrote Garden State I wanted to include it because to me it was the soundtrack of my life."

Braf admitted that when he got a break from the popular American sitcom, he was suffering from depression. "Just because you’re successful, it doesn’t mean you’re not depressed," he said.

He continued: "I was going through a rough time and was thrilled to have success but I was still a young man struggling with his own mental health problems and that album just really spoke to me."

“It really was a very important album for me. So when I got Garden State made I said well ‘I don’t know if we’ll be able to afford it but man it would be cool if this movie opened with ‘Don’t Panic’," concluded Braf.