"I always figured that once I wrapped a film, then anything beyond that is none of my business. If I can avoid seeing the final product, then all I have in my head is feeling good about the experience."
John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters, have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide.
"When I was a kid back in Kentucky, we went to this church where my uncle preached. It was kind of a weird Baptist, full-on kind of place. People kept running up to the pulpit and grabbing his ankles and being saved. Lots of crying. Even then, at six or seven, I questioned how pure the emotion could be if it were on such display."
"Lily-Rose is 2-1/2, and each day is a new discovery for her. I want to be there and live it with her. When she was 6 months old, I held a paint brush in her hand. By the time she was 1, I was guiding her hand to paint with acrylics. Also, I showed how to keep her brushes clean. Now, shes intrigued by pastels and going through her purple phase. "Shes developing from abstract into more figurative. [showing a fax of his daughters latest effort: a picture of daddy] See the shape of my head, my hair, my shoulder? An exact likeness. If I had my wish, shed be a painter. Thats why Im keeping her sketches, even this fax. Someday, if she becomes famous, I can take it to the bank."
"I like the Coen brothers. Their films are smart and disturbing. I am very impressed by what George Clooney is doing now. He is very political. I like the fact that he did Oceans Eleven and Oceans Twelve, made all that money and then leveraged the money and his success into interesting projects. Johnny Depp has also set up a production company and is showing an interest in risky projects that will not be easy. I am sorry that it is hard for the average person, and even for an above-average person, to see a film that is not a Hollywood production. You see those films only in the festivals. There are few people there. That is worrying. People dont think. My goal in work is to make them think. The media do the opposite."
"Ive also gotten weird letters, suicide letters, girls threatening to jump if I dont get in touch with them. So you think, "This is bullshit," but then you think, "What if its not? Who wants to take that chance?" I write them back, tell them to hang in there, if things are that bad, they have to get better. But Im not altogether stable myself, so who am I to give advice?"
"Were all a mishmash of extremes. I know that I have demons. I dont know if I want to get rid of them altogether, but I would like to experience them in a different way. Maybe go face to face with them. Ive never really had the time to go to therapy. Well, here and there. But not enough to help me."
"I had an incident with a really dumb magazine called Voici where they printed a photograph of Lily-Rose, a long-lens shot from very far away, and I just went ballistic. You can sue them — Ive sued a couple of times, Vanessas sued and we win every time — but this time I was beyond suing. I just wanted to beat whoever was responsible into the earth — I just wanted to rip him apart.So I tracked him down and gave him a few suggestions about how to live life and stay healthy and he took my advice. Because thats just unacceptable. They can do anything they want to me — and most tabloids have — but not my kid, not my pure, innocent little baby. She didnt ask to be in this circus."