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i want my kids to know me as dad. >> and his famous friends. brando had a big effect on you. >> he was a wonderful man. he'd give you anything. >> plus a tour of his private office filled with personal memorabilia and his paintings. it's all ahead on this larry king special, "johnny depp." we're sitting here in johnny depp's office. an office like none i have ever seen. we'll get a chance to explore it a little. he, of course, one of the most celebrated and versatile actors of his generation. he's also director, producer, accomplished musician. his new movie "rum diary" will open october 28th. the only novel ever written by hunter s. thompson. we'll talk about that a little later. you don't do many things like this. do you not like to be interviewed or? >> no. i'm just not very good at it, you know. never have been very good at it. >> why not? >> i don't know. there's a -- you know, there's a strange thing, you know. i'm okay when i'm a character. if i'm playing a character, i can do, you know, virtually anything in front of a camera. but if i'm just me, i feel, you know, exposed and sort of, you know, it feels awkward. >> we won't expose you. >> okay. good. >> do you like being other people? >> yeah, i do. i do because i'm fascinated with people. i mean, i'm fascinated -- i like to watch people. and that's the one sort of thing, you know, as an actor in terms of job necessity is the ability to be able to watch people, to observe, to be the observer. as a journalist, you know, to observe. and it's one of my favorite things, to sort of pick apart, you know, various traits. >> marlen brando told me one of the problems when you get very well known is they're observing you. so you're not observing them really. >> exactly. that becomes the problem. you become the focus of others. so, therefore, your -- your ability to observe is tainted. it's a little bit -- yeah. it changes quite radically. >> how did you go from guitar to acting? >> accident. >> how did it -- how -- >> i'd moved to los angeles in 1983 and was living here playing -- you know, playing music. we did a couple of good gigs. you know, the band and stuff. we went on the road for a little bit. that was all fine. but, i mean, in terms of making a living, it was pretty straight -- pretty close to the bone there. so i was filling out job applications for various video stores or anywhere, you know. i happened to be with an old buddy of mine, nicolas cage. who was -- who was then coming up the ranks. he said, you know, why don't you just -- i think you should meet my agent. you should investigate acting. >> you hadn't thought of it? >> no, not really, no. so i met his agent. she sent me to read for a part. and got a call back and then they hired me for the gig. that was the first "nightmare on elm street." that was 1984, three or four. >> did you like it right away? >> no. >> it was a job? >> it was just a gig. i just thought, well, this will get me through until, you know, the music picks up or whatever. so i just -- you know, the first two or three, four films to me were just, you know, a lark. you know, just -- >> would you rather have been a musician? >> in retrospect, no, you know. in retrospect, no. because it's -- i suppose had that become my bread and butter, as they say, the main gig, i would have probably fallen out of love with it on some level. and i still to this day, you know, have the -- the same love, you know, first love feeling for music as i did when i was 12. >> do you play? >> all the time, yeah. constantly. still, yeah. >> how did you react to getting famous? >> i'm still reacting, you know. i'm still sort of dealing with it. i don't think it's anything you ever get used to, you know. i could never -- 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. i just found it very uncomfortable. so it's weird. it's something like if you -- i find if you get used to it, then something must be wrong, you know. if you get used to that constant kind of thing, it's -- something's got to be wrong. there's got to be still a part of you that -- somewhere in there that pines for anonymity. >> allen alda told me one time he doesn't like giving autographs because he feels it demeans the person acting for the autograph. it put them on a lower level. brando didn't like much being photographed. is it true you don't like being photographed? >> i suppose, like, for example when you're doing something organized like a photo shoot, essentially amid the faux pas, there was a piece in "vanity fair" where i should have used the word "violated." however, in my lack of vocabulary in the moment i used another word which i've, you know, apologized for radically. but the thing -- the thing with doing a photo shoot, that's sort of an organized thing. you feel dumb. okay. but you just get through it. but what i find still to this day, kind of, like an attack on the senses, is really just being bombarded by paparazzis. i'll take photographs with kids. people who want to take photographs with me. people who like the movies. people who supported me. i'll do that all day, all night, that's fine. but the bombardment, you know, of the paparazzi is just -- it's like a -- it's just -- >> what do they get out of it? i mean, they take your picture. >> yeah. >> then they take it a minute later. it's not any different than a minute before. >> and it's not any different than the year before, or the year before that. >> what is the -- what do you think it is? >> i truly don't understand. i think it must be just this kind of -- i don't know. it just feels like this kind of gluttonous, horrific sport. it's like sport. it's like hunting or something. >> do you therefore go out of your way to try to avoid them? >> yeah. i try to avoid any and all, you know, press or -- especially that nature. you know, just to -- yeah. >> so do you -- >> i don't want my kids to experience me as a novelty. i want my kids to know me as dad, you know. already, you know, if they have access to the internet or whatever, they understand what the deal is. but i don't want them to have to live through and experience that kind of attack, you know. >> so what do you do when you go out to eat? >> i don't go out very much, you know. i stay at home a lot. or when you go out to eat, you know, you've got to -- it becomes a strategic sort of plan. we're going in the back. we're going to walk through the slippery kitchen and we're going to go into the private room or, you know, that kind of thing. >> it's a tough way to live. >> it's -- you know, i suppose it's what i -- it's the card i drew. so i'll deal with it. that's fine. it doesn't mean every single moment you have to be sort of okay with it. i certainly am not one of those guys and would, you know, can't stand the idea of, you know, one of those guys who whines about, you know, how horrible success is. i do realize and understand very well on a profound level how lucky i am and what a privileged position it is and what it's done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. but at the same time, you know, there are moments in a man's life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal, you know. he's one of the biggest stars in the world. but it wasn't always that way. >> i had been essentially known within the confines of hollywood as the -- you know, as box office poison. basically i'd built a career on 20 years of failures. plus, later, johnny shows me the inside of his private office. it's an up close and personal look at a johnny depp you will not want to miss. when this larry king special: johnny depp" returns. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. 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"pirates" was a complete accident, you know. >> what do you mean? >> prior to "pirates of the caribbean," the first one in 2003, that was -- i had been essentially known within the confines of hollywood as the -- you know, as box office poison, you know what i'm saying? basically had built a career on 20 years of failures. >> did it surprise you, its success? >> hugely. i had no idea. >> are you going to do more? >> you know, it depends. >> does it ever become maybe too much? >> not yet, you know. not yet for me. i mean, maybe -- maybe to the masses. i don't know. maybe. i don't know. i still feel like in terms of character, captain jack is one that i'd like to explore. >> he's still evolving? >> yeah. because he's -- because he's fun, you know. it's his fun. it's a license to be totally and utterly irreverent and get away with it. >> he's going to age, then? >> i suppose he'll have to. >> discuss some others. some incredible roles you've played. edward scissor hands. >> probably the most important film that i've ever done, just in terms of the -- the transition for me, you know, from basically at the time, you know, being known as having come up the ranks as a tv actor, essentially, in the minds of hollywood. "scissorhands" was the one that put me on the road that i wanted to be on. so for me that one's -- yeah, that's probably the most important of all. >> "mad hatter." >> a gas. you know, i mean, just a gas. again, one of those things where you get a call from tim. he says what do you think about this? you just -- you just start to travel, you know. >> you just did "dark shadows," right? >> just finished. >> that was a soap opera about a vampire. >> yep. >> what attracted you to that? >> i had watched it as a kid, you know religiously. i remember sprinting home from school. didn't want to miss a minute of it. ironically, tim had gone through the same experience. running home from school. back when we were doing sweeney, we were doing "sweeney todd" a couple years ago. and it -- one day we're sitting there talking. i said, you know, we should do a vampire movie sometime. let's do a vampire movie. it was before all the "twilights" and all that stuff. yeah, that's a good idea. i went, oh, "dark shadows," man. we got on the "dark shadows" tangent. one thing led to another. >> was "willy wonka" fun? >> absolutely. yeah. >> do you have to enjoy it to do it? >> i think you have to. i think it's got to be fun. the process itself has got to be fun. you have to enjoy what you're doing. and as we all know, as you know as well as i do, it's a collaborative process, you know. it's not just let's put the actor in front of the camera. there are many people behind the scenes that make it all go. so i would -- i would find it really a drag if they stick me out in front of the camera and the guys behind the camera weren't having a good time, too. all i do is try to make them laugh. still ahead, johnny talks about his famous co-stars and friends. al pacino. >> he says, i'm nutnuts. but he's really, like, certifiably nuts. >> marlen brando. >> we got along like a house on fire. there's a dangerous element. you never know what to expect from him. >> and hunter thompson. >> he was the voice of truth. i think without question the most important nonfiction rider of the 20th century. plus, get a tour of his private office. wait until you see what's in there. first, after supporting them for years, johnny opens up on the release of the west memphis three. >> did you have anybody say to you, johnny, you go out on a limb on a thing like this? >> oh, yeah. find out why when this "larry king special: johnny depp" continues. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? what do you make of finally the release of the memphis three? you got involved in that battle. we did a whole show on it. >> yeah. >> we had them on. and they -- they're guilty. they're out. but it's crazy. >> it's a very strange thing the state of arkansas presented to them. essentially, you know, to say, okay. all you have to do is say that we have the evidence to convict you again, and -- but we'll do time served and you're out. admitting guilt, maintaining your innocence. so it's a very -- you know, it's a really floppy piece of ground to stand on. >> why did you get involved? >> because i -- i knew immediately, you know, when i -- when i first started to get kind of -- familiarize myself with the case, i knew instantly that they were innocent. i knew instantly that they were wrongfully accused. and the more research i did and the more people i spoke to, it was absolutely apparent. >> did you have anybody say to you, you know, johnny, you go out on a limb on a thing like this. >> oh, yeah, yeah. a lot of people. >> like what if they did it? you're going to look bad. >> there was that kind of thing. i just knew. i just knew, you know. it was just -- it was ugly and -- and a raw deal from the get-go. back in '93. you're thinking of these three kids. one, damien echols on death row for 18 years. ten years in isolation. you know, for a crime that he did not commit. >> you think obama should pardon them? >> i mean, it would be wonderful. i think he's probably got a few other things on his mind at the moment. but, yeah, yes. what i'm hoping is that the investigation will continue outside the courthouse right now and we will be able to prove the real killers. >> back to some roles. one i want to play a little clip for you here. one of my all-time favorite movies with one of my dear friends, al pacino. that was, of course, "donny braskow." let's hear al talking about you. working with johnny depp. >> i love him. i love johnny depp. >> what makes him special? you did donny braskow. >> yeah. he's done so many things. he's gone from "a" to "z." it's just gifts. just really his gifts. has a personality. as a person, i just loved him. i loved being with him. he made me laugh every day i was there. he's nutting, too. >> he's nuts? >> oh, yeah. he'll say i'm nutting but he's really nuts. he's nuts in that way that he's just fun to be with. >> you the same way toward him? >> yeah. although when you're working with pacino, you know he's great. in that moment, of course you lock in -- as he said, you lock in and you're in the scene and stuff like that. as soon as cut comes, you go, jesus christ, man. wow. he's monumental. >> he said you're nuts. >> he might be right. but he's -- i mean, he says i'm nuts but he's really -- he's like certifiably nuts. and one of the funniest human beings i've ever known in my life. >> pacino to brando. there's a puzzling aspect of your life that puzzles me. you directed and appeared with brando in a movie that we have never seen. >> yeah. "the brave," yeah. >> why have we never seen it? >> i was sort of rushed to take it to the cannes film festival. took it there. and then -- >> and it was praised there, was it not? >> it was kind of praised. the first night was really wonderful, you know. you had all these film makers that i really admired, have admired for years, saying bravo, bravo. then the next day the american press just absolutely lambasted, you know, me and the film saying it's the -- we haven't seen a weirder group of people and all these kind of strange things. i just -- >> shelved it? >> i didn't shelve it. i owned the north american rights. i just thought, you know what? i mean, what's the point. >> might you release it? >> yeah. maybe. i tell you why. for one reason only. it's certainly not a perfect film. what i will say about that film and what i will say about marlen in particular, it's one of the best performances he's given since "last tango." it's one of the performances where he -- he dug down deep and -- and gave of himself so monumentally. >> was he a little ticked that you didn't release it? >> no. he didn't care. no, he was fine. >> that's marlen. >> yeah. he was fine with it. >> now, you did do a movie with him. did you enjoy doing that? >> "don juan"? >> yes. "don juan." >> that was the very first. we got along like a house on fire instantly. we got close doing "don juan." >> what did he do that others in the -- what did he do that the rest of you didn't do? >> well, marlen early on, i mean, marlon reinvented -- marlon reinvented acting. he revolutionized acting. he made it -- it was not about behavior in a sense as it was just about being in a moment. and he was a dange

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