Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp (b. 1963) is an American actor who left an enduring mark on the world through both deeds and words. With equal ease, Johnny Depp moved between Work and Good, finding connections others missed. Our collection holds 43 quotes from Johnny Depp, each offering a different angle on Work, Good, Time, Life, and Success. Among their most shared lines: "Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore."

“You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.”

— Johnny Depp

Good

All Quotes by Johnny Depp

“Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.”

— Johnny Depp

Trust

“The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'”

— Johnny Depp

Food

“You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.”

— Johnny Depp

Good

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Freedom

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.”

— Johnny Depp

Family

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

— Johnny Depp

Movies

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Teen

“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”

— Johnny Depp

Love

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Good

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

— Johnny Depp

Life

“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.”

— Johnny Depp

Work

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

— Johnny Depp

Good

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Amazing

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

— Johnny Depp

Movies

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Life

“The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didn't mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it.”

— Johnny Depp

Beauty

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Freedom

“For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.”

— Johnny Depp

Time

“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.”

— Johnny Depp

Success

“I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.”

— Johnny Depp

Business