Quoted in "'Johnny Depp - From Hell' special," ITV (January 2002)

"Film star," "movie star" — whatever they want to try to call you is limiting, in the sense that I think an actor has to be able to play characters. To separate these things — you know: "leading man," "action hero," "character actor," stuff like that — I guess if I want to be close to anything, it would be a character actor, which is what I think an actor should be. So any of that "movie star" stuff, I just don't buy it. It just doesn't make sense to me.

— Johnny Depp

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About Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American actor, producer, and musician.