“I just watched cartoons for three years, and that had a strong affect on me.” YearsThreeStrongThree YearsCartoon Author:Johnny Depp
“It's absolutely fine when Wile E. Coyote walks in with a band-aid on his head, after a 3,000-pound rock is dropped on him. That is what Ed Wood meant by the suspension of disbelief.” WalksRocksFineBandWoodsAidsPoundsDisbeliefSuspensionCoyotesBand AidSuspension Of DisbeliefWile E Coyote Author:Johnny Depp
“For me, the question was, how can one take a live-action performance and put it in the parameter of one of those cartoons? How much can you get away with?” ActionPerformancesGet AwayCartoonParameters Author:Johnny Depp
“You can go out and try to do the best work that you can do within the context of what that is, but it's really gotta be about the work and what you're focusing on.” TryingCan DoDo The BestBest Work Author:Johnny Depp
“You don't have to underestimate your audience anymore. They'd actually like to laugh a little bit. So, the character came to me and once it's got its grips in you, there's nowhere to go.” LittlesCharacterBitsAudienceLaughingLittle BitUnderestimateNowhere To Go Author:Johnny Depp
“Once you get on the ship, everything is fine. Once you get on land, everything is not so fine.” LandFineShips Author:Johnny Depp
“I toyed with the idea of what it might be like to live with some species of heatstroke that maybe didn't go away all that quickly. He's a pirate, which is about rum, sodomy and the lash, isn't it? So, to be able to keep things like that in my head, when I'm going to do a film for Disney, I'd been through the ringer. That was like infiltrating the enemy camp. I wasn't able to stop smiling.” IdeasMightAbleFilmEnemySpeciesGoing AwayCampsPirateLashesRum Author:Johnny Depp
“They said, "You get $2 million to make the film, if you're not in it. If you are in it, you get $5 million to make the film." There was no way to make the thing for $2 million, so I made it for $5 million. And then, it turned out there was no way to make the thing for $5 million. That's when it got weird.” IfsWayMadeSaidFilmMillionsMade ItThey Said Author:Johnny Depp
“I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.” MovingTermDirectors Author:Johnny Depp
“An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.” NeedsActorsFilmmaker Author:Johnny Depp