--- description: Johnny Depp explained how his daughter helped him develop many of his eccentric characters on Jimmy Kimmel Live title: See How Johnny Depp’s Daughter Helped Perfect His Movie Characters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cec0e5b4736092e/69877a62f887dcbbcee89904/lnh1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How Johnny Depp’s Daughter Helped Perfect His Movie Characters by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 4:22 PM CUT  Johnny Depp on Jimmy Kimmel Live Johnny Depp on Jimmy Kimmel LiveABC / ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 4:22 PM CUT Johnny Depp explained how his daughter helped him develop many of his eccentric characters on _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ on Thursday—and it involves barbies. Watch above to find out more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3671640/johnny-depp-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3671640/johnny-depp-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"See How Johnny Depp’s Daughter Helped Perfect His Movie Characters","datePublished":"2015-01-16T16:22:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:38:59.423Z","description":"It involves barbies","url":"https://time.com/3671640/johnny-depp-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Television","movies","Late Night","Jimmy Kimmel","Acting","Johnny Depp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cec0e5b4736092e/69877a62f887dcbbcee89904/lnh1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cec0e5b4736092e/69877a62f887dcbbcee89904/lnh1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Johnny Depp on Jimmy Kimmel Live","caption":"Johnny Depp on Jimmy Kimmel Live","creditText":"ABC / ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’","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":"https://time.com/3671640/johnny-depp-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"See How Johnny Depp’s Daughter Helped Perfect His Movie Characters"}}]}] ```