Johnny Depp: In Depp
Q: I heard that you two became very close when you made Edward Scissorhands.
A: I'd call him from wherever I was just to say hello. He called me every year on my birthday--he was a Gemini, too--and left me these beautiful messages. One of the most incredible moments I've ever had was sitting in Vincent's trailer and I was showing him this first-edition book I have of the complete works of Poe with really amazng illustrations. Vincent was going nuts over the drawings and he started talking about The Tomb of Ligeia, then he closed the book and began to recite it to me in this beautiful voice, filling the room with huge sounds. Such passion! I looked in the book later and it was verbatim. Word perfect. It was a great moment. I'll never forget that.
Q: I hear that Tim Burton, with whom you've worked twice, may do a movie based on Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. How cool would it be to try on one of Price's old roles?
A: House of Wax, now that would be cool.
Q: Speaking of fright flicks, now that you've played Ed Wood, the Plan 9 From Outer Space director who was into angora sweaters and high heels, share some things you learned about cross-dressing.
A: The makeup, the brassieres, the garters, the whole deal is really work. You can never, ever understand fully what a woman's life might be like until you step into her shoes. The whole thing makes you appreciate and respect women, what their lives are like, to a certain extent. The same thing goes for transvestites.
Q: I know you can get plenty of tips from women about such stuff. How about tips from transvestites?
A: I have even more respect [for them] now. I mean, transvestites have made a choice to do something: when you actually put yourself in drag, you realize it's much more of a commitment than a choice. I mean, when you gotta tuck things away and hide things, it's painful. It's not comfortable. So, I have utmost respect for transvestites. I didn't get any advice firsthand, but I did get some literature sent to me from Miss Vera's Academy.
Q: What's that?
A: It's a school in New York that teaches boys how to be girls, basically. How to be transvestites, how to be cross-dressers. I thought about visiting, but I didn't have the time.
Q: Imagine how much less hassle-filled it would be for Ed Wood today to just order his sweaters and high heels from QVC and Home Shopping Network.
A: [Laughing] Right. I've never bought anything from them, though. I think I ordered a Hank Williams record or something through one of those "800" numbers, but I never got it.
Q: How do you think Ed Wood turned out?
A: I haven't seen it, but it was a really great, funny script and I think it's gonna be a good, funny film. It's very different from anything Tim's [Burton] done. It has its own little world. Our working relationship couldn't be better. If Tim said he wanted me to hold that bottle of water you're drinking and treat it as a lover, I would absolutely do it. I just love him, man. We have a similar view of things and, as you know, neither of us can talk properly. It's just a good thing.
Q: Is it challenging to be playing Don Juan in Don Juan De-Marco and the Centerfold opposite Marlon Brando, who plays your shrink?
A: I thought I was gonna send a present to my laundry man before I first met him. Before we met, I talked to him on the phone and then I went and had dinner at his house. I thought I was gonna be freaked out, but he put me at ease instantly. He's just a guy, just a man, who happens to be incredibly gifted and brilliant. He has an extraordinarily gifted mind, heart, body, all that.
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