Pt 1 Johnny Depp on Letterman

Our first guest tonight is a three-time Academy Award nominated actor. His films have grossed an astonishing $6 billion. Oh! Damn, I already have it! He stars in a new film titled The Tourists. It opens on Friday, ladies, gentlemen, here's Johnny. Depp, beautiful, good to see you, Johnny, how are you, good to see you, yes, Monday, I saw your movie. I don't want to sound silly about this, but I enjoy watching you in movies because you never know when you're going to do some things. You know what I mean as an actor, it's fascinating to watch you and that's what you want, that's been the problem with my career, no, no, you know, what I was thinking about was the, I think the first time I did it saw.

The big screen was on Edward Scissorhands, yeah, how long ago was that? It's been 20 years. Has it been 20 years at this point? Yeah, any kind of weird movie, right? Yes, but you liked working with Tim Burton, yes, a lot. a lot we have done, we have done a number now there, okay, yes, the years of all the directors, although I can't really say whose job you prefer, but you are simsim symbiotic, said well, we have developed is a house shorter, yeah it just works somehow, where did you make that movie? uh, Tampa, Florida, yeah, no, how did they get you?

It was that that's a leather thing with the yes, yes, this amount of leather and yes, it was like that. It must have been divinely uncomfortable, right, it was horrible, yes, and as an actor, can you get to a point where you can act without being aware of this horrible costume? Oh, no, yes, no, because you're basically tied up like an old sea trunk, yes. dressed in leather and rubber and stuff like that, it could all be someone on Sunday night, yeah, yeah, that was awkward, so how long would they leave you in the suit? I mean, I'd have to take breaks and hose you down with shaved ice.

Wooden legs, he had to do it. drag me down the slip and slides, you know, it was an all day affair, yeah, yeah, and it's a health hazard, you could overheat, I'm sure you could overheat sometimes, especially there was a scene in the movie in the one I'm being chased by the police and I have to run a long distance, you know, down this street in this very strange little neighborhood and about the ninth take I was getting pretty overheated and I took a detour. on the side of someone's house and I know I released it now, sir.

Depp, when you say you let go, tell the jury exactly what we're talking about. I'm surprised, yeah, here on a good night, buddy, did you do that when you were a kid and you started? uh, you like actors, guys who are iconic, like well, James Dean, you did. I don't know James Dean, of course, but you must have enjoyed his work as Marlon Brando. You met Marlon Brando. I think it s true. I know him very well. What was it like having a good friend who was a great actor? Any clue, any advice from him. Yeah, I mean a lot, you know he basically had this great gift of not really caring, which is a good thing for an actor, oh yeah, I think that's the best thing you can do and why, because then no, you don't put as much pressure on it. in yourself, I guess, and you're able to stay relaxed in the scene, so you either let the part get over you or you get over the part where you don't have to think about it, it doesn't compute as what you're saying, no. exactly yes, yes, yes, and if he had seen your work and enjoyed it, I don't know, yes, I'm not sure I know, no, you don't like going to see your own movie, so you know, yes, yes , that.

And why does it make me feel unpleasant? You know, yeah, we're selling tickets now. That's why people don't watch this show. We make them feel pleasant. I mean, do you feel self-conscious when you see yourself on the big screen. I prefer to go away with the experience that you know you know the process of making the movie, yes, but no, I don't know, once I get the boot and it's really none of my business, so you feel your responsibility is only on you. your craft to make the movie from top to bottom, that's it, yeah, which I think is wise, I mean, really beyond that, you've done your part, oh yeah, you know, I'm done, what about your family?

I bet they watch your movies. I think yeah, yeah, my kids watch, I think my kids need to watch more of my movies, so yeah, yeah, so I'm how old are your kids, eight and 11, now eight, oh, eight years old, is that right? ? Jack was 8 years old, jack. it's really a rose 11 yeah look I only have Harry who just turned 7 and I don't know what it's like when you have two kids but having a kid and just watching him slide around he used to be only 3 months old. yes, and now he is 7 years old. I can't stand it, yeah, no, my favorite picture here with well, here's a cute little girl, now this is not your daughter, what is this?

We're looking at Ronnie, that's a girl called Beatrice at a school in Greenwich London London South London she wrote me this beautiful letter and asked me if we would go to school and riot. Wow, well, what was her essential complaint? She doesn't really have any, you know, general chaos for no reason, yeah, so you show up and what happened then we were filming. You know, it's 300 yards from the school and we got the letter and I thought we had to know that I have to do this, so we gave the school about five minutes warning asking them if they would round up the kids that did it and we went in there and The reaction was a little mixed, you know?

There was commotion, you know, confusion, some children were very happy, you know, Brazil, Asia and, as some children were scared, very sad, as always, some always, if when the time comes to riot, you regret it, you can always count on that, but that must. It's been a great thing you do you do more than I've never heard of this you do a lot of this so you don't do it well I don't know much but you do whatever I know you like to do that that kind of thing, you know, for the Children, it is good to be able to give back and say thank you, you know well, for years you give a special life, that is very.

I feel very lucky to be able to do it, yes, and where are you? Family, where do you all live now? We're basically transient right now, yeah, yeah, we're so yeah, we spent some time in France, do you guys still spend time in France, LA and then wherever the location is, yeah, and the kids I think? We probably talked about this, they must speak French, right, oh yeah, yeah, perfect, well, that's great, yeah, that's great, so when you're in France, the language they choose or is it a back and forth, is it? What do they do?

They stay. You're able to come and go so quickly, you know, and then if I get stuck in situations where I have to speak French and then my kids correct me and make fun of me, yeah, yeah, that's what kids do, although it is like that. I mean, must they be at that stage now where they know how cool it is that Johnny Depp is their father? No, we've never talked about that. I don't say, I don't believe, I don't know, I believe. You know, I'm just dad, it's dad, but there will come a point where, oh yeah, well, you know your dad owns a Dairy Queen, but my dad is Johnny Depp, you know, boy, this movie was mainly filmed, I think, unless it's CGI and me.

I don't even know what that means where to run in Venice yeah oh my god how long were you in Venice? wonderful the three months a little more than three months beautiful place yes fantastic what do you do what time of year were you there? I don't remember actually, I think it was sometime around March so it probably wasn't that crowded with tourists in March and maybe, there were probably more paparazzi than tourists to be honest, yeah yeah, you go crazy right? ? It's quite strange, yes, yes, I have to drink. my own photos and send them now look at this look at this this is exactly what I was talking about is that the dog yeah, he's there like a Bingley Shmuel terrier or something like that, yeah, huge muscle, how big is that beast?

Venture to say somewhere in the 175 neighborhood, this is Angelina's dog and you commissioned the dog to take care of the baby, that's right. I'll listen to it all when we get back to Johnny Depp.