"He’s a role model for me. He has integrity and makes choices that are brave and unusual. [He’s] always telling me ‘don’t go for the money. Follow your heart.’" If you are under 30, it may come as a surprise that that quote, via Orlando Bloom in 2005, refers to Johnny Depp and would probably have had us nodding our heads at the time. But maybe quoting Bloom is a questionable tactic, so how about Marlon Brando’s oft-repeated assertion that Depp "is the most talented actor of his generation"?
Or why don’t we take it from the horse’s mouth, back when he was but a foal, when Depp himself would say things like, "I want to do interesting work. I’m the exact opposite of what a film star is supposed to be and I’m just trying to ... make good movies that one day I can be proud of" and "I could earn a lot more, but I refuse to do dumb comedies or slick Hollywood garbage."
It’s mean, isn’t it, to highlight past quotes about...
