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This cool cat [Johnny Depp] is unfailingly courteous, funny, modest, candid-he answers all questions-and [is] approachable. We’ve interviewed him several times before, and we’re always reminded that the guy is dedicated to his [girlfriend], French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis (which explains why he is now fluent in French), and father to Lily-Rose, 7, and Jack, 4 writes Ruben V. Nepales of the Daily Inquirer.

Here’s an excerpt from a great interview that can be found in full on the INQ7.net website.

Can you describe the mood when you and Keira kissed?

DEPP: It is always awkward when you are kissing someone you are not romantically involved with. It is acting and it is fake. Kissing scenes are always strange to me, especially since Keira is twentysomething years younger. But she was a good sport. We did what we had to do … and moved on to the next thing. You can almost compare kissing scenes to stunts. It is a strange moment before and after. And then it is just done.

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In his exclusive interview for If Magazine Contributing Writer EMMANUEL ITIER talked with Johnny about playing Jack Sparrow in the Disney blockbuster sequel PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST. An excerpt follows:

iF: And how was it kissing Keira Knightley?

DEPP: Oh the smooch. Well those things are always so awkward especially because Keira and I have never been in that kind of situation together. She’s three and I’m a thousand. I’m Methuselah and she’s a toddler. There was that, but more than anything, we’ve known each other for a couple of years and suddenly it was, "Are you ready for this?" And you just kind of do it. It becomes more like a stunt in a way. "Where’s my double?" She was a great sport about it. She was really sweet.

Follow the link above to read more as Johnny talks about staying in character with his kids, Keith Richards as a dad, and French films.

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Johnny Depp has always been a star. Tim Burton’s go-to guy has won universal acclaim for a string of wonderful and original performances in films like Edward Scissorhands, Blow and Sleepy Hollow. But, without question, it was taking on the mantle of Captain Jack Sparrow that made Depp the biggest movie star in the world. And so, here we are, a humble film website, days from the release of its sequel – having been deafened the previous evening by tens of thousands of fans who were screaming his name at the London premiere – sat down with the man, the legend, Mr. Johnny Depp – By Joe Utichi.

Film Force: This is your first sequel, was it interesting getting a chance to go back to Jack?

Johnny Depp: The opportunity to play Jack Sparrow again was a real gift. I can very clearly remember wanting to be a pirate when I was a kid. It feels like that still exists for a lot of people. Something with the idea of total freedom. Everybody wants to be that free, everyone would love to be totally irreverent and not have to answer to anyone. At the end of the first one, I felt it wasn’t done; there was more to be done, more possibilities, more areas to explore.

As long as there’s a good script there, you’re OK. And I’d be happy to keep going with Captain Jack; I just very selfishly enjoy playing the character.

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Film Focus: Exclusive Interview with Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest By Joe Utichi.

(This interview occured at the London Premiere of POTC 2 – Dead Man’s Chest. What follows is a short excerpt. To read the entire interview please follow the link above to the FilmForce Website.)

FF: Are you surprised that Captain Jack is such a loved character?

Johnny Depp: That’s an enormous surprise as well, the fact that people took the character in and really supported me. At a certain point during the production, some of the better-dressed people at Disney were having a difficult time with my interpretation of the character. The fact that audiences came in and supported me was a win-win situation.

FF: How do you react when you see people dressed up as him?

Johnny Depp: It’s very touching when you see a kid dressed up as your character, because a couple of years ago, the character didn’t exist. To see some little kid affected by something you’ve done is moving. At the same time I guess I’m relieved it’s Jack, I could have seen the idea of kids dressing up as Ed Wood or Raoul Duke. I might not have had the same reaction.

FF: People are starting to imitate the Captain Jack swagger…

Johnny Depp: *laughs* I suppose Jack’s body language,

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Calendarlive.com – As Davy Jones, Bill Nighy plays a villain with real depth – By Martin Miller, Times Staff Writer. **CONTAINS SPOILERS**

British actor Bill Nighy is determined to make moviegoers hearts jump into their throats in the second installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy.

Nighy’s task, apart from frightening filmgoers, is to drive the story by serving as a sinister counterweight to Johnny Depp’s scene-stealing and heroic Capt. Jack Sparrow. Essentially, Jones is chasing after Sparrow for his soul.

“This role is like nothing else I’ve done before,” says Nighy, who worked closely with computer-imaging artists in creating the character. “One leg is a crab leg, one arm is a crab claw, and I’ve got squids leaping out of my face. It’s all pretty scary stuff.”

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INTERVIEW Magazine May 2006 – Johnny Depp interviews Lili Taylor.

For a working-class girl from the white-collar suburbs of Chicago who has always refused to have her edges buffed and who has a resume filled with more damaged, insecure, and shockingly unstable characters than a Hollywood studio boardroom the journey through moviedom has been less about making choices than winning battles.

We join the 39-year-old actress in this excerpt as she dishes with her Arizona Dream co-star Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp: Now, there is something I’ve been meaning to say to you, because I haven’t seen you for a while. Do you remember a few years back when we were at my house here in Los Angeles and we were painting?

LT: Honey, I was just looking at your painting two minutes ago. I’ve got it up on the wall.

JD: I remember that we were painting and you grabbed the tiniest canvas and it was all pink and you painted this beautiful little girl in this sort of bluish protective sphere in the center of it. We were using these really heavy oil sticks and just laying it on really thick. Anyhow, there were two things I wanted to say to you about it. The first is that after, like, five years, your painting is finally dry. [Taylor laughs] And the second is that I have it up here in my house, and you should come see it sometime.

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The colorless land of the living has just become paved with a bright red carpet and is illuminated by Oscar gold for director Tim Burton -by Tim Lammers, Web Staff Editor.

Naturally, that’s because the film genius’ stop-motion opus, “Corpse Bride,” is one of this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature. And while Burton plans on attending the ceremony March 5, he regrets to inform that the film’s stars, Victor Van Dort and the Corpse Bride, won’t have a seat at the ceremony.

“No puppets allowed — only pawns,” Burton told me, laughing, during a recent @ The Movies interview.

It’s only appropriate that Burton treat his puppet stars like royalty. After all, he is clearly humbled by the recognition of the Academy after toiling 10 years on the project. And holding steadfast with what some consider as a dying art form in the burgeoning age of computer-animated films is not an easy thing to do.

The wonderful thing about Burton’s work is that, in addition to Elfman, he’s created a solid company of players that we’ve come to depend on as viewers to always fulfill the filmmaker’s unique visions.

Chief among them is Depp, who teams with Burton for the fifth time with “Corpse Bride.” He previously teamed with the director on “Edward Scissorhands,” “Ed Wood,” “Sleepy Hollow” and just a couple months prior to “Corpse Bride,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

“I really do enjoy working with him and in this case for me I was really lucky because there was some cross-over.

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IF your last sight of Johnny Depp was as the thin, pale Willie Wonka in this year’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, you’d be in for a shock if you saw him now.

When we talked to him this summer in Nassau, Bahamas, he was already into his fourth month of the more than nine he’ll be spending filming two Pirates Of The Caribbean sequels back-to-back.

A glutton for punishment, Depp also pulled double duty last year — starring in Charlie for director/best-friend Tim Burton, and voicing Burton’s other movie, the stop-motion animated dark comedy Corpse Bride.

That’s quite the tan. I hope you’re using sunblock.

Thanks, what can I say? Three months on a boat. I’m not using sunblock at this point, but I did. You gotta watch the sun out here because it’ll really take a bite out of you. But now it’s sort of leveled off. I don’t think I will get any darker than this.

You’re not known for doing sequels and now you’re doing two at once.

Some people say “Ha! Depp sold out!” But I don’t believe I have. At least that wasn’t my intention. I wanted to play Captain Jack again because he’s so much fun to play. I mean, if they wanted to do Pirates 7, why not? In Pirates 2 and 3 you get to see a couple of newer layers of Captain Jack.

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In Tim Burton’s new movie, Corpse Bride, his favorite leading man Johnny Depp returns to voice Victor, the reluctant groom – Stephanie Sanchez.

The following is a Q&A from the Toronto Film Festival with Depp about his role in Corpse Bride, Pirates 2 and 3 and life with kids…

Q: Had you wanted to do an animated film and why this one?

Depp: It was something I wanted to do, kind of always wanted to do especially since having my first child. I’ve been watching nothing but animated films now. So I’ve really developed a respect and love for them. But more than anything, what drew me to this was Tim. We were just commencing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and he said, ?Hey, I’ve got this other thing, Corpse Bride, maybe take a look at it.’ So I read it and loved it, but it somehow didn’t occur to me that we were going to be doing it at the same time. I thought it was going to be like months down the road so I would have some time later to prepare for the character. So you could imagine my surprise when, as I was very, very focused on Wonka, Tim arrives on set and says, ?Hey, you know, maybe tonight we’ll go and record some of Corpse Bride.’ I was like sure, ‘course we can. I have no character. I didn’t know what the guy was going to sound like or anything.

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One of the most visionary and creative directors, Tim Burton returns to the world of stop motion animated with his new feature, The Corpse Bride, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, and Albert Finney – POSTED ON 09/15/05 BY Ethan Aames.

Burton co-directs and produces this animated film about Victor Hugo (Depp), a man who on his wedding day makes a mistake in marrying a dead woman named Emily (Carter). Torn between two vastly different worlds, he finds himself embroiled in a love triangle that will have a profound effect on everyone’s world – living and dead.

Q: How would you say that your relationship with Johnny has evolved over the years?

TIM: Well it hasn’t become sexual yet [laughs]. Ever since I met him for Edward Scissorhands, he’s maintained an artistic integrity that is amazing in a movie industry where people can get seduced by certain things. He’s always kept doing what he does and basically a great character actor in a leading man’s body. He’s always kept that integrity and that’s something for me that I find very amazing in this business.

Q: Is Johnny your muse?

TIM: I love working with him and I like to work with actors who like to change and transform and he?s certainly more like Lon Chaney or Boris Karloff than he is a leading man in terms of creating different characters.

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