Johnny Depp Says U.S. Is Like a 'Dumb Puppy'{Moves to France]

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[Sub-Driver]

Johnny Depp Says U.S. Is Like a 'Dumb Puppy' By REUTERS

Filed at 7:48 a.m. ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday the United States was a stupid, aggressive puppy and he would not live there until the political climate changed.

The 40-year-old actor, who stars in the ``Pirates of the Caribbean,'' told the German news magazine Stern he was happier staying in the south of France with his wife, the French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, and their two children.

``America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive,'' he said.

``My daughter is four, my boy is one. I'd like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out,'' said the star of the off-beat films ``Edward Scissorhands'' and ``Dead Man.''

Depp slammed George W. Bush's administration for its criticism of French opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

``I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots,'' he told Stern.

[Sub-Driver]

see ya..........& don't come back

[SouthernFreebird]

Who gives a rats @ss...I wish they'd all move to France.

[Guillermo]

At least he backs up his talk with his walk...

More than we can say about obese Alec Baldwin.

[Fzob]

I have some respect for the guy because he really moved out.

Good riddance.

[Constitution Day]

I've gotta agree with that. Good riddance to him, though.

[OpusatFR]

How erudite. What a command of the language, reasoning, intellect.

This statement is akin to "You Big Stinky," or "Nanah unh," or even "You suck."

Yes, everyone has an opinion and some of them are just dumber than others. We respect that.

[Mr. K]

oops- guess I won't be seeing 'pirates' after all...

[bmwcyle]

I have told several women that I would not see his new movie. They seem to be to much in lust of him because I was not able to stop them. I wish people would stand up and shut off these worthless actors and actresses. I is time to stop their paychecks.

[prophetic]

and who really give a $hit for when these 'Hollywood celebs' spout off their political views?

Are'nt they being nothing more than PARASITES since they got their wealth & celebrity status from the very peoples that watched their movies? And now turn around and crap on the country like that!!!???

[syriacus]

Depp slammed George W. Bush's administration for its criticism of French opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

Good luck among the uncaring French, who let hundreds of their elderly die, Johnny.

Have you seen this, Johnny?

Iraq had role in Sept. 11 attacks, lawsuit says.

The New York Sun | September 3, 2003 | Colin Miner

Family of famed terror expert accuses Saddam, Bin Laden

Iraq played a major role in the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon --providing Al Qaeda with money, training and material support, according to a suit filed by the family of the man described as America's foremost expert on terrorism.

[bert]

He must have some skeleton in his closet that requires hiding in France.

Clinton picked Ireland for his escape haven.

Do France and Ireland extradite?

[cincinnati65]

Takes a dumb b*tch to know a dumb puppy when it sees one....

[Publius6961]

All right!

Let's see... Clooney, now Depp.
Two down and a bunch to go.

How do we nudge the Baldwin clown, Streisand, Whoopie, and all the big mouths who promised to leave if Dubya was elected?

[Ol' Sox]

Edward Scissorhands cuts loose. More at 11:00.

See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.

[syriacus]

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy

I've always said:

Better a dumb puppy, than a dead puppy

France shoulders shame of heat deaths (USA Today)

Just the thought that thousands of frail, elderly people died because temperatures that topped 100 degrees turned their apartments and nursing home rooms into suffocating death chambers — while much of the nation's younger population enjoyed their annual vacations — has sparked a national mea culpa.

[andy58-in-nh]

More good news. Now if we can just get the rest of Hollywood to move to France, they can enjoy the Cannes Film Festival without having to leave home (and waste millions of gallons of jet fuel on their private planes).

[Puppage]

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive

What a well structured thought/sentence.

Once again, the foreign policy accumen, the understanding of world events from a hollywood "star"comes SHINING through in one sentence.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ditto.

I was planning on renting the "Pirates..." DVD when it came out. Not anymore.

What a tool.

[usurper]

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive,'' he said

Yep, this puppy bites and this POS is about to find out what it fells like to have your wallet ripped from your pants by the big puppy.

It’s good he mover to France, he’s going to need the welfare.

[Mamzelle]

His wifey may have to don the burqua soon, the way France is going. And all the new cultural events in France--maybe he can attend a very chic synagogue-burning--

[syriacus]

My daughter is four, my boy is one. I'd like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out

Johnny can explain to his children about the latest "memorials" to French culture...

Graves of unclaimed and unidentified heat victims are becoming a more common sight in France. By Franck Prevel, AP

[ampat]

DITTO

[Neever]

Check out Depp's bio. He dropped out of high school.

It kills me that high school dropouts (Depp, Streisand) can pretend to have such wisdom. They malign a man (George Bush) who holds a BA from Yale and and MBA from Harvard.

Excuse me Deppy, but I think you're the dumb puppy. Do the world a favor and shut your idiot mouth. Better yet, stay in France and make low-grossing French art films.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Good actor of limited intelligence who thinks he's profound.

Not uncommon.

[sgtbono2002]

Moving to France is not enough. STAY THE HELL THERE. Dont come back to America to make your movies, Leave your nasty American money in America. These buttheads dont mind being in America long enough to get rich. Who does this clown think is supporting his lifestyle? Another lucky idiot with a big mouth that needs it closed with a fist in it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Isn't Depp the same one who said that he would buy his kids illegal drugs to make wure they got good stuff?

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[Mamzelle]

If he had the courage of his convictions, he'd become a French citizen and pay French taxes.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Better a dumb puppy, than a dead puppy

Of course.

Because, as you know...dead puppies aren't...much...fun.

[Corin Stormhands]

Sigh...another talented actor who doesn't realize that he's only relevant when he's reading words written by someone else.

Depp was great in "Pirates." Too bad he couldn't keep his yap shut off screen.

Bon voyage.

[Wolverine]

Just the thought that thousands of frail, elderly people died because temperatures that topped 100 degrees turned their apartments and nursing home rooms into suffocating death chambers — while much of the nation's younger population enjoyed their annual vacations — has sparked a national mea culpa.

 

Just like the Vichy Government..."It's not our fault."

[demlosers]

"America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy"

Yeah I guess so, they keep putting money in your pocket.

[smiley]

My sentiments exactly!...why doesn't this little lacy-panties coward step his little dainty foot on U.S. soil and say that? Instead, he hides behind his wife and children. What a pathetic moron...stay in France, Johnny, 'cause you won't be marching home again anytime soon....Pitts off...

[Izzy Dunne]

Johnny Depp Moves to France

... and raises the average IQ of BOTH countries...

[TC Rider]

I wish he could have kept his mouth shut until I had a chance to see 'Pirates of the Carribean'. He was at least bright enough to not spout off when the movie opened.

[randita]

"The Germans succeeded in invading and occupying France in June 1940 and established a French fascist puppet government that would do as Germany wished. Until the German invasion of Russia in June 1941, Great Britain was the only country fighting Germany after the fall of France in June 1940."

Depp might think the U.S. is a dumb puppy, but if somebody ever gets designs on invading France again, France will be a puppy that rolls over and plays dead as they did in 1940.

[StatesEnemy]

Is this the Johnny Depp who has two bastard children because he's too cultured to properly marry their mother?

[lonestar]

The average IQ of dumb puppies went up when this one left.

[ditto h]

So someone who spends his life trying to be anyone but himself says America is a dumb puppy. MAN, I AM REALLY GOING TO LISTEN TO HIM! </S>

[auboy]

The 40-year-old actor

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. 40 already? Most of us begin to mature by this age. Most of us have to work for a living, not drift through a "dream world" existence. France will fit in quite nicely with your dream world. Hope you become an adult sometime while you're still breathing.

[blackdog]

Depp hung around Thompson too long. Depp used to be a real talent. His work in "Benny & Joon" was wonderful. Gilbert Grape was a winner too. Why he ever got mixed up with the likes of Thompson I have NFI.

At least he did move. That's cool.

Let's see what Depp has to say of Froggyville in twenty years? The newness of anything can be exciting. Let him have his honeymoon. Waking up next to France each day might take it's toll after a while.

[hotpotato]

He must have some skeleton in his closet that requires hiding in France.

He has a French wife. Which renders his protest via a move overseas rather empty.

[toomuchcoffee]

With computer generation coming along so nicely, Depp and his ilk will be history within a few, probably very short, years.

[wgeorge2001]

The 40-year-old actor, who stars in the ``Pirates of the Caribbean,'' told the German news magazine Stern he was happier staying in the south of France with his wife, the French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, and their two children.

``America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive,'' he said.

``My daughter is four, my boy is one. I'd like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out,



Stay in France, you hypocrit and blind man. See how your precious children grow up and wonder at how they could be so evil and ignorant and foolish.
You actors should keep your mouth shut, when you open it you show your "hollywood hypocrisy" and lose viewers who thought maybe you were above that pack of dogs that hollywood is.

[hotpotato]

Depp was great in "Pirates."

Yes, he was. However, a bit of a swishbuckler, I thought.

[cubreporter]

Ah yes but...he's planning to return did he not say that? Freedom Fries, Freedom Dressing, Freedom Vanilla Ice Cream...all sounds good to me. Bye Johnny Dupe...I hardly knew ye and I'm happy about that. :) Enjoy your life in France. Live long and prosper there.

[syriacus]

Depp better make an appointment with a doctor to see if he has amnesia. Or maybe he'd better check what he's been putting in his cigarettes.

According to the following quote, from 2001...He already left America, to make a home in France, in 1999.

Two years ago, you left the States to live in Paris. Do you feel at home overseas?

Paris is the only place I've ever been able to say I feel at home. I never really understood why I was so drawn to France, and then I went over there to do a movie called The Ninth Gate, met my girl [actress Vanessa Paradis] and never left. France gives me the opportunity to live a simple life. I can go to a tiny cafe not far from my house and just sit there, sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes.

There's that Deppish reference to smoking cigarettes again. It isn't George Bush who is banning smoking.

Question: is it Vanessa or the addiction to cigarettes that is drawing him to France?

[ConservativeStandUP]

That Johnny Depp would willingly move into a higher tax nation shows he has lost his capacity for any reasoned thought. He is unfit to serve in the capacity of actor. But that being said, he was pretty good in the pirate movie.

[mtbopfuyn]

Another slow news day. He's been living over there and bad mouthing America for quite a while and only came back for the pirate movie (which I didn't waste my $ on). I suspect the move had more to do with his drug record here than any higher thought processes of world affairs.

[Fintan]

Who?

[MontanaBeth]

Bye-bye! France's loss---America's Gain.