Johnny Depp Quotes on Movies (16 Quotes)

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.

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.

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.

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.

When you live in Hollywood all the time you're constantly in that game, and you're susceptible to the pressures of success and the box office. I couldn't stand it because I had no interest in that.

Fame, celebrity - it's not such a big deal in Europe. People seem to understand that you just have a weird job. They're not running after you, trying to carve chunks out of you. It's strange in the states. Most fans here are great, but there's a handful who have seen the movies and feel they know you. They think it's alright to touch you and ask personal questions.

He had watched the film for the first time that night and said it was brilliant.

I really approached the film as if it was a white big piece of paper and I was just going to draw a picture on it. And whether that picture was good or bad, whatever people thought of it, what they could never take away was that it was my picture.

You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way.

Tim and I have known each other for 15 years, so when we go back to doing a film every few years, it's like going home again. He walks this fine line between darkness and comedy like nobody else.

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Tim's vision is always amazing, beyond anything you expect, ... If Tim wanted to shoot 18 million feet of film of me staring into a light bulb and I couldn't blink for three months, I'd do it.

Every time I see him, he threatens to do something. I just saw him last night. I'd love to do it againwell, I don't want to do that again. If there's any way to avoid the curse, that would be better. I'd love to do the film, if at all possible, and I stress that 'if at all possible' because it was really going to be good, that was the thing we all felt. It was really sad. It was really going to be good, like the best of Terry Gilliam. I felt really good about my character, and the good news is that if he wants to go back and do that, I already know the character, so I have less homework to do.

I should be committed to an institution immediately for even thinking I could get away with that. These two things are opposing, they oppose one another. To be a director you have to be in complete control of the set, complete control of the surroundings, and very aware of what's going on, what's being used and what's not being used... It's insanity. To be an actor you have to be, in a sense, out of control.

The screenplay was the first thing that attracted me to the film, I just thought it was such a well written story. It had a lot of twists and turns that I didn't expect. I was really impressed with it.