Depp nearly quit movies

Actor Johnny Depp considered quitting Hollywood when his daughter fell ill.

The actor, whose eight-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was hospitalised after reportedly contracting the E-coli bacterial infection earlier this year, insists nothing matters more to him than his family.

Johnny, who also has a five-year-old son Jack John with long-term partner Vanessa Paradis, said, “I wasn’t sure if I would be able to come back. My kids and my girl – nothing else matters in life. My kids are very grounded, not monster-like at all. We keep discipline under control. When I was younger I used to play a lot of practical jokes, and irritated my mother. But the greatest advice I ever got was from her, ‘Don’t take nonsense from anybody. Ever.’ And that has stuck with me.”

Johnny, who postponed filming new musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street when Lily-Rose was ill, also revealed he was nervous about his singing scenes in the movie.

He is quoted as saying, “I think I was probably more frightened than anyone. I’ve never even tried karaoke. It scares the hell out of me. I didn’t know if I could sing. I did these demos in my friend’s garage studio because I didn’t know if I could hit a note and to be honest I really didn’t.”

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com