Johnny Depp still dealing with fame

Johnny Depp thinks there is “something wrong” with people who get used to being famous. The 48-year-old actor — who shot to fame on 1984 movie Nightmare on Elm Street — is still “dealing” with his celebrity lifestyle and feels “very uncomfortable” about being well known.

“I’m still sort of dealing with it. I don’t think it’s anything you ever get used to … 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,” he said.
 
“And I just found it very uncomfortable … if you get used to it, then something must be wrong … There’s got to be still a part of you that — somewhere in there that pines for anonymity.”
 
The Pirates of the Caribbean star — who has two children, Lily-Rose, 12, and nine-year-old Jack with long-term partner Vanessa Paradis — is hoping his kids will appreciate him as a father rather than a “novelty” actor.
 
“I don’t want my kids to experience me as a novelty. I want my kids to know me as dad, you know. And already, you know, if they have access to the internet or whatever, I mean they understand what the deal is. But I don’t want them to have to live through and experience that kind of attack,” she said.
 
“I don’t go out very much. 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.
 
“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 there are moments in a man’s life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.”

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