Johnny Depp scored another Vanity Fair cover to promote the fact that he’s rich and somewhat interesting. Just like the last time he was on the cover. Depp is promoting his bank account, judging by some of the more obnoxious quotes to come out of the November 2011 VF piece. Specifically, ‘Basically, if they’re going to pay me the stupid money right now, I’m going to take it. I have to.’ Wait for it, there’s more. He slips in a brief anecdote about cheaping-out on Scientology before likening his very fame to rape. I mean the vapid side; the being pampered. Not even the Kristen Stewart thing about paparazzi-intrusion being ‘like rape.’ He seems to mean standing around on sets all day is ‘like rape.’ IDK either. Asked about the experience of working on professional photo shoots, Depp opines, ‘You just feel like you’re being raped somehow. Raped. The whole thing. It feels like a kind of weird… just weird, man. Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like… you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.’
- On working as much as he can right now: ‘Basically, if they’re going to pay me the stupid money right now, I’m going to take it. I have to. I mean, it’s not for me. Do you know what I mean? At this point, it’s for my kids. It’s ridiculous, yeah, yeah. But ultimately is it for me? No. No. It’s for the kids.’
- On making money during his early days in Hollywood by attending Scientology study groups for $3: ‘I went to a bunch, man. It was so great, it was so fantastic.’
- On the lack of support for 2004′s The Libertine from Harvey Weinstein: ‘Harvey killed a great film.’
- On photo shoots: ‘You just feel like you’re being raped somehow. Raped. The whole thing. It feels like a kind of weird… just weird, man. Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like… you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.’
