QUOTES -- ABOUT JOHNNY
“To wake up on a Monday morning and know that Michael Mann and Johnny Depp are
in your community ... is kind of mindboggling."
--Kate Lueders
"I love watching Johnny work, in all of his films. I think he's so courageous
and brave. He puts himself out there, and gets it, and it's amazing."
--Orlando Bloom
"I think [Johnny's] about fourteen, but then he can be really old and wise."
--Mary Stuart Masterson
"Johnny's fantastic! He's a really special person and he treats everyone as an
equal and I think that's a really good thing. Obviously, when we got together on
the first day we'd already knew each other so it was easy to get comfortable
working together. It all went good."
--Freddie Highmore
"Johnny is very easy to work with. I think this is one of the most pleasant times
I have had on a movie. It's a chemistry. You never know why it happens, but when
it does, you have to say it and share it because it's not always the case. We
have scenes where I think it's more about what's not said than what's said."
--Juliette Binoche
"(Johnny Depp is) uncorruptible -- he always believes in this pure way about
love, ya know? He's got those kinds of values and it's all instinctive with him.
This isn't something he's worked out in his head. I love that he believes in
love."
--Faye Dunaway
"Johnny is so totally different from most actors. He really likes who he is, and
he's really secure in that. He treats other people the way he wants to be
treated. That's why we stay with him."
--Ken Smiley
"Johnny doesn't suffer fools gladly. He tends toward a choice of material that's
going to interest him intellectually, and has always said to himself that the
career comes second."
--Mike Newell
"There is something haunting about him. But it's not like Johnny is this
troubled young actor and he's poetic and brooding. It's just that he's real and
complicated. He's not like a showman. He doesn't belong in show business. He
belongs somewhere better."
--Sarah Jessica Parker
"Johnny has an extraordinary and spontaneous way of giving his own rhythm to a
character. It seems quite natural for him, and you never feel like he's making
any effort whatsoever. It's almost fascinating, because he comes on the set and
does his thing almost casually, which doesn't prevent him from being very accurate."
--Roman Polanski
"I know I'd get along with Johnny really well, because he's as paranoid a dad as
me. He brought bottled water because he didn't want his daughter to get sick.
Guys cursed with imaginations can imagine the worst things happening to their
children."
--Robert Rodriguez
"Johnny is a terrific actor. He's so on the ball and knows what he's doing. And
he's amusing and funny, he's a good comedian."
--Michael Gambon
"I love working with Johnny. Johnny is so kind and such a good actor. He takes
risks and does things that other actors wouldn't do just because of their
vanity. He's willing to make a complete fool out of himself for the
performance."
--Christina Ricci
"A lot of actors and actresses just want to be safe and look really pretty and
cool in front of the camera. Johnny's not like that. He's in it for the work and
for creating."
--Juliette Lewis
