Few actors can claim the roles that Johnny Depp has fulfilled over the years. After all when you’re asked to become a character from a children’s book and early cartoon, you have to think about what you want to bring to a real life version of it. To celebrate Depp’s accomplishments, we decided to share 15 Classic Johnny Depp Quotes.
Just when we thought that Depp’s character, Jack Sparrow would be gone forever, it was revealed that there would be a fifth film titled, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Unfortunately, the trailer at the time of writing this piece does not show Sparrow, though we do believe he is coming soon.
This is just one of the many amazing characters he has portrayed and throughout his career, Depp managed to drop a lot of gems when it came to acting. Check out some of those gems in our 15 Classic Johnny Depp Quotes below.
15 Classic Johnny Depp Quotes
“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 say I make strange choices, but they’re not strange for me. My sickness is that I’m fascinated by human behavior, by what’s underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.”
“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single one of us.”
“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.”
“As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”
“My self-image it still isn’t that alright. No matter how famous I am, no matter how many people go to see my movies, I still have the idea that I’m that pale no-hoper that I used to be. A pale no-hoper that happens to be a little lucky now. Tomorrow it’ll be all over, then I’ll have to go back to selling pens again.”
“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.”
“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”
“I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”
“I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”
“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.”
“If you catch me saying ‘I am a serious actor,’ I beg you to slap me.”
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”
“There are four questions of value in life… what is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.”
“A woman who would steal your love when your love is all you really have isn’t much of a woman.”