--- description: Johnny Depp has slammed actors who he thinks are capitalizing on their fame by becoming musicians. title: Johnny Depp Hates Actors Who Make Money from Music image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e76799d05452a8e/69877abfe53aba22874d71e2/britain-mortdecai-pre_wong.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 Says Actors Who Try to Be Rock Stars are 'Sickening' by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2015 9:52 AM CUT  Actor Johnny Depp poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Mortdecai, in London, Jan. 19, 2015. Actor Johnny Depp poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Mortdecai, in London, Jan. 19, 2015.Joel Ryan—Invision/AP by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2015 9:52 AM CUT Johnny Depp has [slammed](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mortdecai-star-johnny-depp-says-actors-making-music-off-the-back-of-movies-is-sickening-20150120-12tsku.html "undefined") actors who he thinks are capitalizing on their fame by becoming musicians. “That whole idea for me is a sickening thing, it’s always just made me sick,” the Hollywood superstar told reporters in Berlin on Sunday, before the premiere of his latest film _Mortdecai,_ the _Sydney Morning Herald_ reports. “I’ve been very lucky to play on friends’ records and it’s still going. Music is still part of my life,” he said. “But you won’t be hearing The Johnny Depp Band. That won’t ever exist.” In the past, Depp has recorded with Oasis and Marilyn Manson, even performing onstage with the goth rocker. But being a low-key musician is fine by the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ star. “I hate the idea, ‘come see me play the guitar because you’ve seen me in 12 movies’.” \[[_Sydney Morning Herald_](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mortdecai-star-johnny-depp-says-actors-making-music-off-the-back-of-movies-is-sickening-20150120-12tsku.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3674147/johnny-depp-actors-musicians-rock-stars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3674147/johnny-depp-actors-musicians-rock-stars/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp Says Actors Who Try to Be Rock Stars are 'Sickening'","datePublished":"2015-01-20T09:52:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:41:57.662Z","description":"Mortdecai co-star Gwyneth Paltrow is among the guilty","url":"https://time.com/3674147/johnny-depp-actors-musicians-rock-stars/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Johnny Depp","musicians"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e76799d05452a8e/69877abfe53aba22874d71e2/britain-mortdecai-pre_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e76799d05452a8e/69877abfe53aba22874d71e2/britain-mortdecai-pre_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Johnny Depp","caption":"Johnny Depp","creditText":"Joel Ryan—Invision/AP","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/3674147/johnny-depp-actors-musicians-rock-stars/","name":"Johnny Depp Says Actors Who Try to Be Rock Stars are 'Sickening'"}}]}] ```