Fame prevents Johnny Depp from visiting Disneyland with kids

September 30th, 2009 JOHNNY DEPP has teamed up with British group BABYBIRD to record a track for their forthcoming album. The actor is a keen musician, playing the acoustic guitar in the 2000 movie Chocolat and showing off his skills on a solo album.

September 29th, 2009 JOHNNY DEPP once saved COURTNEY LOVE's life - he resuscitated the singer when she was close to dying. The former Hole frontwoman has endured a number of troubles over the years, including a lengthy battle with drugs.

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Despite hating dance, Johnny Depp couldn't refuse director Terry Gilliam's request to shake his legs in new film The 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. "I think Johnny has to do the dancing (in the film) and he hates dancing," the Mirror quoted him as saying on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

August 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Johnny Depp has walked out of director Terry Gilliam's movie about Spanish literary legend Don Quixote - after a series of disasters delayed the filming schedule by a decade. Gilliam had roped in Depp and Jean Rochefort to appear in the film back in 2000, and his attempts to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote were chronicled by filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe in 2002 movie Lost in La Mancha.

July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Johnny Depp reportedly wants his kids to receive British education. The Pirates of the Caribbean star, who lives in France with his long-term partner Vanessa Paradis and their two kids, Lily-Rose, 10, and seven-year-old Jack, is scouting schools in the U.K.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has said that he would love to portray singer/actress Carol Channing in a biopic. Depp has tried out unique roles in his entire film career, and even dressed up as a woman for his starring part in 1994 comedy Ed Wood, reports Contactmusic.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp says he would have taken his two children to Disneyland regularly if he wasn't so famous. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor who has a 10-year-old daughter Lily-Rose and son Jack, 7, with partner Vanessa Paradis would take his kids to the famous theme park if he wasn't a heartthrob, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp has revealed that he shares a secret language with director Tim Burton. Depp, who has worked with Burton on a host of films including 'Edwards Scissorhands' and 'Sweeney Todd', reckons they can talk without anyone else on set understanding their conversation.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp is keen on teaching his children to handle guns. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star, who learnt shooting at the age of six in Kentucky where he grew up, wants to pass on his experience to his kids.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Johnny Depp is to pass on his fascination for guns to his children as he plans to teach them how to handle weapons. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star has two children with his long term partner Vanessa Paradis - Lily-Rose, 10, and seven-year-old Jack - and Depp admits he began handling firearms at the age of six when he was growing up in Kentucky, and wants to pass on his experience to his kids, reports imdb.com.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp won't be playing Michael Jackson if a movie about the King of Pop's life goes into production. Depp had been rumoured to have previously expressed interest in playing the tragic star on the big-screen, reports Sky News.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp says he is publicity shy and prefers to stay away from the public spotlight. "I can't think of myself in terms of celebrity.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has been named the dream celebrity camping companion in a new poll. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star's wild ways and rugged looks helped him make the celebrity most people would love to share a tent with at a rock festival.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Johnny Depp is surely a dedicated actor so much so that he sometimes ends up in bed because of an illness. The Pirates Of the Caribbean star told Vanity Fair, "There is a period once you finish a guy - a character - when you're looking to go back to yourself and sometimes it can manifest in illness," reports The Daily Express.

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has revealed that he loves feeding hot dogs to sharks while he unwinds on his private yacht in the Bahamas. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor and lover Vanessa Paradis, along with kids Lily Rose, 10, and Jack, seven, often turn to the paradise island of Little Hall's Pond Cay.