Top 390 Quotes & Sayings by Johnny Depp - Page 3

I'm just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that's what I want. I don't want my kids to be embarrassed by anything I've done.

It's an odd thing when there is a fan page for my daughter who is not yet 13.

I do realise and understand very well on a profound level how lucky I am and what a privileged position it is and what it's done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. But at the same time, there are moments in a man's life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.

On a film, you start to get closer and closer with the people you're working with, and it becomes like this circus act or this travelling family.

There's an innocence to Ozzy Osbourne. He's mingling, but he's somewhat detached.

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.

I still approach a scene as one would approach a solo. There's nothing set or pat.

The commercial flight thing, it just gets a little weird when you're standing in line and suddenly you're not just a guy standing in line anymore - you become sort of 'novelty boy.'

You start getting hit with some very interesting situations in life - you as a parent - when they approach that teenage area, which is frightening because you still have memories of that age and the things you were doing at that age... Please don't do what I did.

I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country, and for this, I am eternally grateful.

And it hurts so much to want something you can't have.

Every time I stand in front of mirror, I found my face too ugly, so I thought I have to get the role in some movies which cover my face with make up.

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them.

People in life, when they have a tendency to exaggerate or lie or whatever, you always sort of notice that their voice goes up quite high.

One day, the people that didn't believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.

Once you get on the ship, everything is fine. Once you get on land, everything is not so fine.

Do what you really want to do. Don't play their game! Don't do what they want. Find your own way.

School's a weird thing. I'm not sure it works.

People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long.

I do trust women. I have a lot of women in my life. I have a mother. I have a woman. There's a lot of women around me. And I do trust them. And they trust me, as far as I know.

I'm having too much fun today to worry about tomorrow.

I love people. And when you love people that much that you're disappointed in them every day, that love can turn to hate in a flash of a second.

No one wants to go out mid-sentence.

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

I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.

If they let me choose between you and the dog, I'll choose the dog.

Love is one of the hardest words to say and one of the easiest to hear.

I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long.

Success doesn't change you... It reveals you

When I see someone who just follows their dream and succeeds, and just does basically what they want to do and doesn't have to answer to anyone, obviously not harming anyone, that's great.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

They stick you with those names, those labels -- ‘rebel’ or whatever; whatever they like to use. Because they need a label; they need a name. They need something to put the price tag on the back of.

Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

I would give everything if I could only keep my family.

I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all

I just watched cartoons for three years, and that had a strong affect on me.

My recipe for success is chance, basically. Just luck. It's a miracle that people still hire me after some of the stuff I've gotten away with. Honestly!

I don't trust anyone who hasn't been self-destructiv e in some way, and who hasn't gone through some sort of bout of self-loathing. You've got to bang yourself around a bit to know yourself.

All men would be cowards if they only had the courage.

I know exactly what I want. Everything. Calm, peace, tranquility, freedom, fun, happiness. If I could make all that one word, I would - a many-syllabled word.

I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.

For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look. But, I think it's important to change every time and come up with something that's as interesting as it can be, for your characters.

The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.

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

if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second.

One of the greatest pieces of advice I've ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a little kid there was a kid who was bugging me at school and she said "Okay, I'm gonna tell you what to do. If the kid's bugging you and puts his hands on you; you pick up the nearest rock.

I'm attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I'm interested in the things people try to hide.

A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.

Most people are really nuts and that's fascinating to me.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

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

Even when you're down and blue, just remember that someone out there loves you, even if you don't know it and even if you haven't yet met them. There's someone out there waiting for you, remember that and keep faith. You'll get there.

Keep moving forward and do what you have to do for you.

The birth of my daughter, gave me life.

You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.

You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

Ugliness is better than beauty. It lasts longer and in the end, gravity will get us all.

[on buying a private island] Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.