Johnny Depp is one of few actors who’ve maintained their star power over the decades.
He firstshot to famein the ’80s on Fox’s “21 Jump Street.”
However, there is a lot more to Johnny Depp than just the Amber Heard drama.
“It reminds me so much of having to move all the time.”
In an interview withPlayboy, he recalled his “strange” childhood.
Depp’s words and actions over the years show his mixed feelings toward his parents.
He continued, saying, “If you did something wrong, you got hit.
If youdidn’tdo something wrong, you got hit.
But my parents, they did the best they could with what they knew.”
Despite his"dark" childhood, he generously bought his mothera home in Los Angeles.
However, playing guitar in his room provided him solace.
He toldBoulevard Magazine, “That’s how I got through puberty.
When I was 16 I dropped out of high school, and my parents had split up.
So I guess from 12 to 17 I felt pretty weird.”
Depp’s older brother introduced him to music.
After Depp dropped out of high school, he pursued music with his band,The Kids.
However, the two didn’t collaborate musically until later in life, as Manson toldLoudwire.
Five years older than Depp, Allison was the sister of one of his bandmates.
Depp, Allison, and the rest of the band moved to Los Angeles to make it big.
They divorced two years later.
“That’s something that comes around once, maybe twice, if you are lucky.
And I don’t know that I experienced that before I turned 30.”
Over the years, Allison has said kind things about her ex-husband.
“But he’s also an extremely talented guitar player.”
“I never wanted to be an actor,” he admitted toBoulevard Magazine.
“I was a musician and I still am, and that was my life.
But this sort of happened.”
The actor mentored young Depp and introduced him to his agent, who sent Depp to a casting director.
As he toldPlayboy, “I was stupefied.
They paid me all that money for a week,” he said.
“It was luck, an accident.
I did it purely to pay the rent.
I was literally filling out job applications at the same time, any kind of job.”
“I went from anonymity to going to a restaurant and having people point at me.”
Although grateful for the experience, he wasn’t very happy working on “21 Jump Street.”
As he explained to Playboy, “It was a great education, but it was very frustrating.
I felt like I was filling up space between commercials.”
“They were shoving my face out there, selling me as this product.
It made me crazy,” he said.
“I thought, ‘After this you’ll be in a sitcom.
You’ll be on a lunch box and then a thermos and a notebook.
And in two years you’ll be ridiculous.'”
“We were so young.
I met him when I was 19 and he was 21.
“He was very sweet.
He was my first love.”
“There was some heat.
I’ve never seen a guy like this,” she said of their chemistry in an interview withPeople.
First was Winona Ryder, whom Depp met in 1990 and proposed to after five months.
Nevertheless, they broke up three years later.
Depp’s next relationship with supermodel Kate Moss was even more intense.
They met in New York in 1994.
“It was love at first sight.
For both of us,” Depp relayed toBoulevard Magazine.
They fought just as much.
Shortly after their 1998 split, Depp shared his regrets withHello!
Magazine, even referring to himself as a “moron.”
“I have never got that emotional over a woman before.
I have been so stupid,” he said.
I was horrific to live with.”
Moss was equally candid.
I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust."
She added, “Nightmare.
Years and years of crying.”
He toldPlayboythat he decided to wait for a movie and wanted to pick the right project.
From then on, he felt free and vowed only to do creative projects he loved.
Part of what appealed to Depp was his ability to hide.
“It’s important for … whatever’s left of your sanity, I guess.”
The other part of the appeal?
Johnny Depp opened the iconic Viper Room in L.A. “The best acts that ever came through LA played there.”
The club, however, largely became known as the place where actor River Phoenix overdosed in October 1993.
APeople cover storyfrom 1994 summed up the debacle, reporting that Depp was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.
He spent a few hours in jail and was forced to reimburse the hotel for nearly $10,000.
It’s really odd.
People perceive me as some hotel-wrecking, drug-addled fiend.
I’m not remotely close to that."
I’d been chased by paparazzi and was feeling a little bit like Novelty Boy.
Obviously something wasn’t working in my life.
For Depp, becoming a father had a profound influence on his life.
“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born.
We saw each other sometimes over the course of four years.
Paradis also shared their ability to give each other space.
“Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.”
However, in 2012, after 14 years together, the couple went their separate ways, People reported.
The move catapulted his success and led to an Oscar nomination for Depp in 2003.
But, Depp has said, the situation was never perfect.
“I was freaked out by it,” he admitted of his rise to big-budget, mainstream success.
That happened with ‘Pirates.’
My view is if the studio isn’t worried then I’m not doing my job properly.”
The fact that Depp, largely known as a character actor, could carry big-budget studio features was unusual.
Now you’re free to’t seem to get a movie made without him!"
He’s long collaborated with other artists from the Pogues’ Shane MacGowan to Oasis, asSlatenoted.
In June 2022, the band announced their 2023 six-date tour.
“The Hollywood Vampires are BACK!!”
the band revealed onInstagram.
We’re coming to Germany and Luxembourg Summer 2023!"
In 2015, the pairmarriedin the Bahamas.
The celebrations didn’t last long, though.
Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain.
There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm" (via AP News).
The actress had accused Depp of abuse and filed a restraining order before later withdrawing the allegations.
Depp sued her for defamation, and Heard filed a countersuit.
The trial played out in the media and explored the couple’s “volatile” relationship.
Depp was found guilty on one of three counts of defamation (viaTime).
And six years later, the jury gave me my life back.
I am truly humbled."
