QUOTES -- ABOUT JOHNNY
Resources: Depp Impact; Oh Johnny!
"There’s an element of Johnny that’s extremely nice, and extremely cool, but at
the same time, he’s hard to figure out. But that’s what makes him interesting."
--Leonardo DiCaprio
"(Depp) has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered
pretentious."
--Lasse Hallstrom, director
"(Depp) has almost a burning desire to make ugly choices. He comes with a
physical beauty that’s just astonishing, and at the same time he has no interest
in being that."
--Peter Hedges, author
"Johnny faints very well. It's hard to do, actually. Fainting like a girl is
pretty amazing when you can make it real."
--Tim Burton, director
"He's the kindest, most loving man ever. There's nobody like him, because nobody
can be that fabulous."
--Christina Ricci
"You can rumple him, but you can't make him unattractive. You can try, but it
won't happen."
--David Koepp, director
"I'm not really sure why he wanted to do [Secret Window]. I'm grateful, but it's
hard to be certain of what motivates Johnny. It's possible he just wanted to
play a character named Mort."
--David Koepp, director
"I loved sharing a screen with him. God, I feel like such a little kid right
now, talking about a hero, but he's the man."
--Orlando Bloom
"I like Johnny. Of his generation, he's totally different from the rest of the
actors. He's made some beautiful choices on the screen that are different and
special... I like him very much."
--Antonio Banderas
"As far as I'm concerned, Johnny Depp is the best actor of his generation. I
think he's capable of ANYTHING - there's no limit to his capabilities."
--Terry Gilliam, director
"Every day on the set when he would arrive early in the morning, he looked as
beautiful as he ever did... You could shave his head, he could be exhausted,
40th day of shooting, and he's still the most beautiful thing on the planet!"
--Laila Nabulsi, producer
"Things aren't arbitrary in his life at all. There is nothing random in anything
he does."
--Sarah Jessica Parker
"He's moody and very emotional and very sensitive. In real life, sometimes, it's
hard for him to decide where to eat or what to do, but as an actor he's very
precise."
--Jim Jarmusch, director
"He has an amazing heart. Johnny is so special that he is like a Martian. In
fact, that's what I call him - Martian."
--Penelope Cruz
"It's rare that you find such a good looking man with his abilities, his
physique is his greatest asset -- it's almost a teenager's body, in fact. Those
delicate hands, a musician's handshake... and this puerile streak in him. You
look at him sometimes and think, How old are you?"
--Roman Polanski, director
"Another thing that surprises me is how funny Johnny really is. I know you saw
him in the movie, but in person, he is really naturally funny as well. He is
just so dreamy."
--Eva Mendes
"He's in this zone that every now and then an actor hits, where the audience
completely identifies with him. We saw it at the test screening (for Secret
Window). With the first shot of the movie, a close-up of Johnny in a car, the
audience burst into applause."
--David Koepp, director
"The impact Johnny had on people was amazing to watch. Forget the women - even
the guys followed him around. They'd offer to carry his coffee cups, roll his
cigarettes or wear a hat from his club The Viper Room. He's the coolest guy
ever."
--Christina Ricci
"His childhood informs who he is, but his choice of roles is where he wants to
live as an artist. Whatever has happened to Johnny Depp, this is what he in his
own uniqueness made of it."
--Faye Dunaway
"Brando adores him. He loves Johnny’s genuineness and modesty and that he is who
he is. You're not a great actor like Brando for nothing, you know. He knows how
to recognize a sham in any shape."
--Faye Dunaway
