85 Most Inspiring Johnny Depp Quotes To Inspire Your Life

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One of the most famous movie stars of our time, Johnny Depp, is known for his portrayals of characters such as Edward Scissorhands, Jack Sparrow, and Willy Wonka.

On June 9, 1963, he was born in Kentucky to parents Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells) and John Christopher Depp II. After his mother’s death, the family relocated to Miramar, Florida, when he was 15 years old.

He has been acting since the 1980s and has had success in many genres. His films have grossed more than $4 billion at the box office. He is one of only four actors to have won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award for acting. In addition to his acting career, he is also a musician who has released five studio albums and performed.

Here are some of his most inspirational and motivational quotes to inspire you on your journey.

85 Most Inspiring Johnny Depp Quotes

“It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”

“One day the people who didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”

“I’m having too much fun today to worry about tomorrow.”

“You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren’t allowed to be normal.”

“Success doesn’t change you, it reveals you.”

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”

“There comes a time when a good man must wear a mask.”

“You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.”

“Tomorrow it’ll all be over, then I’ll have to go back to selling pens again.”

“Do what you really want to do. Don’t Play their game! Don’t do what they want. Find your own way.”

“You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.”

“Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world.”

“You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don’t know how to feel good about the work you’re doing or the life you’re leading.”

“There’s a drive in me that won’t allow me to do certain things that are easy.”

“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.”

“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we’re all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.”

“People cry, not because they are weak. It is because they have been strong for too long.”

“If you choose to lock your heart away, you’ll lose it for certain.”

“If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one because if you really loved the first, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.”

“There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.”

“Better to not know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all.”

“They say the world used to be bigger. The world’s still the same–there’s just less in it.”

“I’m having too much fun today to worry about tomorrow.”

“Simplicity, that’s what I want. It’s been a rare commodity for me for a number of years.”

“I found evil in myself a long time ago, and I’ve accepted it. We’re old friends.”

“When you’re confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane. But it didn’t affect me. I got out in time.”

“People say I make strange choices, but they’re not strange for me. My sickness is that I’m fascinated by human behavior, by what’s underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.”

“Escapism is survival to me.”

“I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it’s important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it’s great fun growing old.”

“I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”

“I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labelled.”

“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”

“I’m just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that’s what I want. I don’t want my kids to be embarressed by anything I’ve done.”

“One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”

“Money doesn’t buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.”

“I was never disappointed by the people I’ve admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.”

“As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”

“Everything is just very, very blurry. I’ve never had proper vision.”

 “Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all.”

“I’m not sure I’m adult yet.”

“If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I’ve done, even if it’s just igniting a spark, that’s great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.”

“I think, as an actor, it is good to feel the fear of failing miserably. I think you should take that risk. Fear is a necessary ingredient in everything I do.”

“The thing is, even if you’re playing sort of a heightened character and playing inside sort of a heightened reality, you can still apply your own truths to those characters.”

“You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.”

“Anything I’ve done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”

“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.”

“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s ok to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”

“I just try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”

“There’s an innocence to Ozzy Osborne. He’s mingling, but he’s somewhat detached.”

“Just keep moving forward, and don’t give a shit about what anyone thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.”

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise, it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”

“I’ve never felt particularly ambitious or driven, that’s for sure, although I like to create stuff, whether it’s a little doodle, a drawing, a small painting or a movie or a piece of music, so I suppose I’m driven by that. Everything I’ve done has felt very natural, and it’s happened because it’s happened.”

“Love is not blind. It simply enables one to see things others fail to see.”

“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgement on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”

“I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”

“It hurts so much to want something you can’t have.”

“People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long.”

“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.”

“You gotta be careful: don’t say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.”

“Just keep moving forward and don’t give a shit about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do for you.”

“There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young.”

“I like to create stuff, whether it’s a little doodle, a drawing, a small painting or a movie, so I suppose I’m driven by that. Everything I’ve done has felt very natural.”

“I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”

“I’m just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that’s what I want. I don’t want my kids to be embarrassed by anything I’ve done.”

“I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”

“Me, I’m dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, It’s the honest ones you have to watch out for.”

“Things in life are not always as they seem. When you listen, for instance, to someone talking, there is another voice beneath his words..even if you hear clearly what he is saying, the real truth is much deeper.”

“Now, bring me that horizon.”

“When I see someone who just follows their dream and succeeds, and just does basically what they want to do and doesn’t have to answer to anyone, obviously not harming anyone, that’s great.”

“Laugh as much as you breathe.”

“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face.”

“I’m normal, well, semi-normal.”

“If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.”

“I think it’s an actor’s responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he’s working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time, it’s meat loaf again, you’d get bored. I’d get bored.”

“My sickness is that I am fascinated my human behavior, by what’s underneath the surface, by the word’s inside the people.”

“I don’t think it’s anything you ever get used to… for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word ‘famous’ or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable… if you get used to it, then something must be wrong.”

“I was the guy who had been bouncing around the film industry for years, and I’d been lucky if five or ten people would see my movies, so Captain Jack did a big flip for my career.”

“There is a drive in me that won’t allow me to do certain things that are easy.”

“If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.”

“I think everybody’s weird. We should celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”

“Explore purity.”

“I don’t trust anyone who hasn’t been self-destructive in some way. Who hasn’t gone through some sort of bout of self-loathing? You’ve got to bang yourself around a bit to know yourself.”

“My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story.”

“There’s definitely healing properties to being in proximity to the ocean and that breeze. There’s something about that Caribbean climate and humidity.”

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