QUOTES -- ABOUT JOHNNY
"Johnny almost isn't like an American at all. He's got such an English sense of
humor."
--Kate Winslet
"Johnny can smell bullshit ten miles away. The same guys who years ago were
saying he's box office poison, now they're kissing his butt."
--Harvey Weinstein, producer
"Johnny just keeps doing really good stuff. He's a really, really smart and good
actor... I've written letters to him just to say, 'Hey, man, you're flaming
great'."
--George Clooney
"I'm also a big Johnny Depp fan. He's such an interesting actor."
--Anthony LaPaglia
"I'm crazy about Johnny Depp. I think he's so talented, and I love the fact that
he does all kinds of different things. He's not going to let himself be
pigeonholed."
--Carol Burnett
"I love to watch Johnny work, as it's masterful. It's like taking an acting
master class."
--Keira Knightley
"Johnny's very easy to work with. Very generous. He has a real ease about his
own performance and... there's a lot of room for you to do your thing and for
him to catch it and toss it back. He's just really easy to work with. I've liked
him in a lot of things."
--John Turturro
"People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an
actor should be. His body of work speaks volumes. He was so under-rated for so
long, but he will have longevity -- and it is such a gratifying thrill to see he
is finally getting the recognition he deserves."
--Dustin Hoffman
"Johnny seems happy with his new gratification. But he's too smart to be really
happy. He's too prone to walking out to the edge of a limb. He's a hillbilly in
his soul."
--Hunter S. Thompson
"Very few people can stand in Gene Wilder's shoes. But Johnny Depp is brilliant.
I think he could do anything. He was amazing as Ed Wood."
--Mel Brooks
"Johnny and I wound up liking each other enormously, I mean quickly. I love the
kid, he's terrific. He's a good kid, he's a talented kid. He comes in prepared.
It's like playing tennis with a good player, he makes your game better. You hit
the ball and it comes back pretty good."
--Martin Landau
"Johnny Depp was as cool as cool gets. Talk about living on the edge! He's
extraordinary, that guy."
--Nigel Parry (Photographer)
"Johnny Depp, as far as I'm concerned, is number one. Of his generation, there's
no one who can touch him. Some performers today, it's like looking at holes in
the air."
--Christopher Lee
"He's fantastic. Every scene you do with him is a special scene; he's a
fantastic man. It's neat because, in the film, Charlie has a dream to visit the
chocolate factory, and it comes true. My dream was to work with Johnny again,
and it also came true."
--Freddie Highmore
"I've always been a fan of Johnny's work. I think the choices he's
made are just exceptional and very brave. He's a great guy, a wonderful dad, and
he's quite childlike as well. It was a very collaborative experience. He likes
to share ideas, so we worked in quite similar ways. He would say to me, 'What do
you think of that?' and I would say, 'Great, but try this'. And I would say the
same to him, like 'Oh God, was that all right?' But then I'm like that, always
saying 'That was pathetic'. And we both hate watching ourselves on screen, too -
so we got on really, really well."
--Kate Winslet
"Johnny's particular path in life is to constantly nudge people awake. The films
he chooses force you to reconsider what you think of the world. What amazes me
is that the critics are always surprised by Johnny. It's like they don't really
watch what's there. They don't understand how good an actor he is. He doesn't
cheat by giving you all those cheap emotions. He won't make you comfortable -
for him that would be a foot in the grave."
--Terry Gilliam
"When I first saw Johnny, he had a felt hat pulled down and these deep brown eyes
peering out, with a coat that went down to the floor. He was cute as a bug's
ear, but he looked like a waif. And I think that's part of his appeal: he can be
waif-like but his charisma comes through."
--Joan Carson (21 Jump Street Producer)
"People think because of the way he looks that he cares a lot about his look.
I've never met anybody who was just more like, wants to cover up and look as
weird as possible."
--Tim Burton
"He's just sort of not definable. I think. You can't pin him down."
--Faye Dunaway
"He conveys so much through his eyes. That emotional presence the honesty of the
presence is right there, the way he has to rely on, and he is forced to rely on
those eyes to express complex emotions. I'm very impressed by that performance."
--Lasse Hallstrom
