--- description: It's easy to remember Captain Jack Sparrow. "Why is the rum gone?" title: Johnny Depp's Bizarre and Censored Speech at the Hollywood Film Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1140e823dd615f3/698768f1e53aba1dd74d5eea/459001722.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Johnny Depp Gives Bizarre, Censored Speech at the Hollywood Film Awards by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2014 8:36 PM CUT  Johnny Depp speaks onstage during the 18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Palladium on Nov. 14, 2014 in Hollywood. Johnny Depp speaks onstage during the 18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Palladium on Nov. 14, 2014 in Hollywood.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2014 8:36 PM CUT A recent speech by celebrated, off-beat actor Johnny Depp at the Hollywood Film Awards Friday had many wondering if his Oscar nominated turn as Captain Jack Sparrow in _Pirates of the Caribbean_ may not have been pretend. Depp stammered through what was supposed to be an introduction of talent manager Shep Gordon, the subject of Mike Myers’ new documentary, _Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon_. Gordon has worked for Blondie, Luther Vandross and Alice Cooper, among others. The man who has played Hunter S. Thompson appears to swear good-naturedly several times. And while Mike Myers backstage called the speech “rock n’ roll,” [Variety reports](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/watch-johnny-depps-bizarre-intro-at-the-hollywood-awards-1201357066/ "undefined"), Twitter users believed the actor was simply plastered. “I mean, it’s one of those nights,” Depp says. Fair enough. Here’s CBS video of the whole thing, curse words removed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3587306/johnny-depp-hollywood-film-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3587306/johnny-depp-hollywood-film-awards/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp Gives Bizarre, Censored Speech at the Hollywood Film Awards","datePublished":"2014-11-15T20:36:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:27:55.482Z","description":"As Jack Sparrow might have said, \"Why is the rum gone?\"","url":"https://time.com/3587306/johnny-depp-hollywood-film-awards/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","awards","Johnny Depp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1140e823dd615f3/698768f1e53aba1dd74d5eea/459001722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1140e823dd615f3/698768f1e53aba1dd74d5eea/459001722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards - Show","caption":"18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3587306/johnny-depp-hollywood-film-awards/","name":"Johnny Depp Gives Bizarre, Censored Speech at the Hollywood Film Awards"}}]}] ```