Amber Heard covers the December issue of Women’s Health, which paints a pretty complimentary picture (as well as a flattering photoshoot) of Amber as a very dedicated actress who also happens to be a voracious reader during her off-duty moments. Also, remember that ridiculous story from In Touch about Heard abandoning her lesbian ways for Johnny Depp? That little rumor gets dispelled in very short order as well:

On Keeping Work At Work: She won over Rum Diary director Bruce Robinson and, it would seem, her costar Johnny Depp. When some of the cast went out to blow off steam after a day of shooting, she would disappear. And at the end of filming, says Robinson, “I remember Johnny and I saying, ‘Jesus, where’s Amber?'” What young actress passes up drinks with a film god like Johnny Depp? One who prefers to make an impression on the job, not off it. But also, one who was in a serious relationship at the time. With a woman.

On Keeping A Fitness Routine: If a routine is broken, it’s easy to backslide into laziness. So keep telling yourself, I want this. Because after you get into a routine, your body will want it. “Once you start working out, you feel better and it becomes something you make time to do,” says Amber. Many women hit the gym to look better, but that can’t be your only motivation. Otherwise, you’ll feel discouraged when you don’t see results fast enough. “It’s about feeling healthy,” says Amber. And that’s something that happens the minute you make a positive change.

On Her Exercise: “I personally run, just because that’s all, for me in time management, running seems to be the most time — accommodating exercise to do. I have recently gotten into tennis, and I also do Pilates in LA. It’s funny, because once you start working to really do an hour, you start feeling so much better that it becomes something that you make time to do. We as human beings always make time for the things we really want. I just feel so much better when I start working out that you just find time to do it.”

On Cooking: Amber prefers to make her own food — even when she works a 90-hour week — so that she can control what ingredients go in (mostly vegetables and lean protein). Amber reads food labels — and if she sees an ingredient she doesn’t recognize, she often leaves the item on the shelf. That might limit you in the snack aisle, but it will lead you to eat fewer processed foods. “You feel better when you’re eating food that retains nutritional value,” she says.

[From Women’s Health]

Yeah, this is the usual generic fitness advice that most features in women’s health magazines tend to issue on a monthly basis. Nothing new there. However, the part about Amber “ditching” her co-stars for after-work drinks (and more) is actually pretty cool and interesting. She’s a professional and not a casting couch type, and that leads one to believe that Amber isn’t merely a flash in the acting pan.

However, this article certainly implies that Johnny Depp was completely game for drinking with the cast and crew on a nightly basis, right? That’s not terribly surprising, for he’s been hitting the bottle hard lately, and it shows.

Photos courtesy of Women’s Health