Actor Johnny Depp poses in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, June 22, 2006. With the second “Pirates of the Caribbean” picture in theaters July 7 and filming nearly finished on the third, Depp is preparing to say goodbye to his iconic pirate persona, Captain Jack Sparrow.

“John Waters said he thinks Captain Jack is actually, of all the characters you’ve played, the character closest to you,” Cagle asks, laughing. “Is there, first of all, why would he say something like that, is there any truth to it?”

“I’ll never reveal the truth … I cannot and will not say. No, I think with all the characters, you know, they’re still in there, you know. Ed Wood pops up every now and again,” says Depp. “Captain Jack, certainly. Closest to me? You know, maybe. It’s hard for me to say.”

“After you left television and you were trying to do movies that you were passionate about, was it ever really hard to say ‘no’ to more money or ‘no’ to bigger movies and really follow your heart?” Cagle asks.

“Oh, yeah. definitely,” Depp admits. “There were moments when, you know, sort of, whopper buckets of money were offered, where, you know, even in sort of your purest state you are tempted, you know? There is that temptation. But that’s important to go through. I always figured that if there was gonna be money, you know, if I was able to stick it out, it would come later, you know? So I was patient. I couldn’t do the work for the money. It couldn’t be about that.”

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