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.
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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.'
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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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.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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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.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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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.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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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.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community. In other words, literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
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I am tired of having to prove myself constantly, even after being hired. Every single day, every single idea, I need to prove myself. I am tired of it!
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You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief... That's the only way I know to try to make a film that might be good. You got to take it real seriously like it's your last thing.
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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.
