Quotes by Johnny Depp

Lifes pretty good, and why wouldnt it be? Im a pirate, after all

Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore.

I think everybodys weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Throughout my lifetime Ive left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, theres almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent.

Am I a romantic? Ive seen Wuthering Heights ten times. Im a romantic.

I suppose the only thing at 50 you can really start to look forward to is just total irresponsibility. As you get older, you can just sit in a chair, wear anything you want, you know you can walk down; old people dress cool. You know they wear sweatpants. The elderly have it down.

If theres any message to my work, it is ultimately that its OK to be different, that its 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 dont think its anything you ever get used to... for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word famous or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable... if you get used to it, then something must be wrong.

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.

There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.

I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didnt really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.

The term serious actor is kind of an oxymoron, isnt it? Like Republican party or airplane food.

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 theyve forgotten all about it. Im afraid that the American culture is a disaster.

The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didnt mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it.

I detest jokes - when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesnt know its funny or doesnt treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or its a sort of rage against society.

I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think its important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think its great fun growing old.

Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because theyve seen me in movies. You want people who are listening to be only interested in the music.

Me, Im dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, its the honest ones you have to watch out for.

I marketed pens - on the phone. But the beauty of the gig was that you had to call these strangers and say, Hi, how ya doing? You made up a name, like, Hey, its Edward Quartermaine from California. Youre eligible to receive this grandfather clock or a trip to Tahiti. You promise them all these things if they buy a gross of pens.

I was a million percent in love with Edward Scissorhands. I remember looking in the mirror on the last day of shooting... and thinking how sad I was to be saying goodbye to Edward.