Johnny Depp Quotes
The idea of directing a film is a strange one for me. I feel anti-mathematical, in a way, in that sense. I don't like when things make sense. I prefer if they don't.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
-
I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
-
I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
-
Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
-
I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
-
My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
-
No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
-
I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
-
I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
-
When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
-
Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
-
Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
-
People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
-
The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
-
My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
-
When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
-
According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
-
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it.
-
When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.
-
Religion is an idea, and, as an idea, it should be eligible for criticism, discussion, and yes, mockery. The only reason so many believers demand special exceptions be made for religious ideas is because they know full well that their ideas don’t hold up well under scrutiny.
-
The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.
-
The idea of directing a film is a strange one for me. I feel anti-mathematical, in a way, in that sense. I don't like when things make sense. I prefer if they don't.
