The A-Z Of Johnny Depp

Our full guide to a cinema icon…

By James WhiteNov 5th 2009

B. Is for Burton

Depp and Tim Burton share a close connection, which stretches from their first collaboration, on Edward Scissorhands.

Call it luck, fate or karma, but the two seem to be artistic soul mates.

"The most special thing is that he very luckily has given me about seven jobs," laughs the actor.

"That’s the most amazing thing. I’m looking forward to the eighth and ninth. There’s no real definition other than there is some kind of connection, some sort of understanding that Tim and I have that is at most times unspoken.

"Most people when they hear Tim give me direction or we’re talking about the character or something on the set, people are baffled. Completely befuddled and they don’t know what we’re talking about.

"A guy actually came to me one time after watching Tim and I talk for ten minutes and said, 'I didn’t understand a word that you guys were saying.'

So, yeah. I don’t know. It’s just one of those things that you don’t question, but I sure love him."

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