Access Hollywood has a red carpet interview with Johnny Depp at The Tourist premiere, and he says some really interesting, thoughtful things as we’ve come to expect from him. One thing I learned, and a trait that I share with Johnny, is that he doesn’t like to talk on the phone at all and prefers using the Internet. It could be due to the fact that he’s a world class star and values his personal time with his family, but there may be another reason. Like Johnny, I also live in a foreign country and it’s a bitch to talk on the phone when you’re not confident in your language skills. I’ve had phone conversations in German of course but it’s not a simple prospect for me. As a result I don’t like using the phone and it’s even hard for me when I’m visiting the states. It’s like I’ve lost my phone mojo.

Depp also talked glowingly about his fans, calling them his “employers” and explained that his Pirates teeth are still in because he just finished filming. He’s been asked about those teeth before while on this press tour.

On why he spends so much time with fans at the premiere
They’ve come here for a reason. If I’m some sliver of a part of that reason, I’d like to go out there and say ‘thank you.’ They’re the employers, you know.

On how long he’ll keep his pirates teeth
Just until I can find a dentist to rip them out, essentially. They sort of have to be yeah, yanked out… we just literally finished like, you know, last week.

Why he doesn’t have a phone
We have Internet and stuff like that because I think that’s the safest form, well, most interesting form of communication. I just don’t like phones. I just don’t like them… being reachable all the time… You’d have to you know to just buzz me on the Internet or something [to get ahold of me]”

[From Access Hollywood]

You can watch the video of Johnny’s interview on Access Hollywood. I know some people have soured on him based on his stance on the Roman Polanski debacle, but he still strikes me as one of the most genuine, decent people in Hollywood.

Oh and MTV’s brilliant celebrity interviewer, Josh Horowitz, has a series of interviews with Johnny that you can watch on MTV’s site. Johnny is asked how he feels about no longer being the sexiest man alive, and he deadpans “I feel emasculated, I feel beaten down like some pathetic harp seal.” He also confirms a previous assertion that he’ll do a 21 Jump Street cameo if it’s offered, and says that Angelina Jolie’s humor is often ‘scatological.’ With that many kids, no wonder she’s got her mind on poop.

Here’s Johnny outside the Late Show yesterday and at The Tourist premiere. Credit: Dan Jackman/WENN.com