Johnny Depp Quotes (116 Quotes)

Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

I think it would be great if you one day just went to sleep and woke up and it was 1920s Paris. That would be excellent, ... But I don't know, because there could be just dirt and worms.

For me, ambition has become a dirty word. I prefer hunger. To be hungry-great. To have hopes, dreams-great.

I don't want to be stuck in one spot. My childhood was spent moving around. We were total nomads. Like gypsies, just moving from one place to another all the time. That's kind of ingrained into my psyche, into my being. I couldn't stand being in one spot for too long.

Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.

My upbringing made me as I am now. But I can become merry and happy at once. There were many years I was feeling at a loss about my life or how I grew up. I couldn't understand what is right or what is precious. At that time, I was so miserable and self-defeating. I was feeling angry with various things. My anger came up to the surface then. I don't say such tendency has disappeared. Even now there are anger and the dark side in myself. But it's the first time I've been so close to the light.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

I wouldn't say I'm a heart-throb. I just have a weird job.

You know, when you welcome a child into the world, you witness the birth of your child, and you've been there for that nine month period, you realize that there's no doubt, there's no question that women are the stronger of the sexes. There's no doubt. Any man who had to carry a child for nine months would cave in about month or two. And then delivery, you know labor Yeah, it's over with. So yeah, I would certainly like to explore that. Sure.

I just like the guy. He's a pal, ... It's a very strange situation where as a grown man, you start having separation anxiety with an imaginary character. It's worrisome because you know it's not normal but you can't stop yourself.

I have a funny relationship with my body...Ah, it sounds so stupid, but for me there shouldn't be any half way.

France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

May the wind always be on your back and the sun upon your face and may the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.

I know I can do it, todd downy said, helping himself to another ear of corn from the steaming bowl. I know in time her death will be a mystery, even to me

I know, ... To tell you the truth, I've been worshiping it from afar.

Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be appalled.

It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live.

Lucky to get the gigs from him, because I know over the years, he has had to have a great number of battles to get to cast me. Fighting the studio heads. You mean the weird guy who does the European art movies No, he's box-office poison.' Tim would go in and battle for me, so I feel very lucky.

I feel a very strong connection to Tim and I trust him completely. Because for an actor, it's amazing to be invited into his world and to be given the responsibility of being on the ride to deliver his vision. For an audience member, it's an unbelievable gift to be invited into his world.

The wardrobe guy of Blow was a genius. He was so tapped into that period and he brought me the ugliest things I'd ever seen and then they were somehow beautiful.

There are moments behavior in 'East of Eden' that are pure magic, ... 'Giant' is pure magic 'Rebel' is a bit dated and is sort of a strange vision of the 1950s, but his work in that was amazing.

There's no reason to be otherwise...I think that the kids that come around, it's so nice to meet them. For all intents and purposes they're my boss, they keep me employed.

I think everybody's nuts.

Luckily the kids are pretty well-balanced and well-grounded and not monster-like at all.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

I did feel a deep sense of responsibility to the author's intent of what he may have wanted the character to be like and to live like.

The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.

I was known as 'Ray, Head of Security' in the bookstores and stuff where he was signing books. I just spent an enormous amount of time with him and watched him like a hawk. Studied him. I tried to steal his soul.

He's a true original in a business that doesn't put much stock in originality. And he doesn't compromise. That's what makes his movies so good. That's what makes him someone that you'll drop everything to work with,

Victor was born in that little bit of time, and I didn't hear him for the first time until ... they were recording, ... So the preparation for this, I was remiss basically. I should be flogged.

Oh, boy. I think if a lot of actors think he's overrated, they have to go back and look at some of the stuff he did.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

I'd just thank the people out there who have been with my up-and-down, weird-road, strange career and supported me and stuck with me all these years. I mean, they're my boss. That's what keeps me working.

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

Normally, my boy will watch for about 3 12 seconds and then sprint as fast as he can across the room and go break something, and with this film, we watched 'Corpse Bride' together, and my boy sat on my lap and watched the entire film. Didn't move, was just riveted. Loved it.

Villiany wears many masks, non so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.

There's an English show I love called Whose Line Is It Anyway It's all improvisation. Brilliant, quick, clever comics - spontaneity with both barrels. I wish I could do that show.

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

She's super sharp, really smart and (has) got a great heart. She's a good mum, and she just happens to be human, and the press wouldn't allow that, and that's unforgivable.

Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful.

The Warner people came to see Burton in London, ... They said, 'Let's talk about cast.' And Tim was like, 'Uh, yeah. Let's um talk about cast...so maybe' And they were like, 'What about Johnny' And Tim was like, 'Oh, yeah, good.' (Laughs.) The fact they brought it up was pretty astonishing. It surprised him Tim wanted to cast me in his films but before he had to fight like a bastard with the studio to be able to cast me

To say I opened a night club to allow people to do drugs, even in the bathroom - do people think I'm insane Do they think I'm going to throw everything away - even my own children's future, so people could get high in a nightclub It's ridiculous.

One of the primary responsibilities of an actor -- and luxuries -- is the art of observation, being able to watch people and watch their behavior ... which is fascinating, because people are really nuts.