Johny Depp in too deep

[link|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030905/people_nm/people_depp_dc|Trying to suck up to both sides]

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Denying any anti-American sentiment on his part, actor Johnny Depp (news) said on Thursday that quotes attributed to him as likening the United States to a "dumb puppy" were inaccurate and taken out of context.
"I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it," Depp said in a statement released by his Los Angeles-based publicist. "It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful."

Depp, currently starring in the swashbuckling film "Pirates of the Caribbean," issued the statement a day after the German news magazine Stern published an interview in which he ridiculed Washington's confrontation with France, where he lives, over the U.S. war in Iraq (news - web sites).

The magazine quoted the actor as saying "America is ... like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." He was further quoted as saying he wanted his children to "see America as ... a broken toy" that they should explore, get the feel of, then "get out."

Explaining his comments a day later, Depp he had been using a metaphor that was taken "radically out of context," adding, "There was no anti-American sentiment."

I say:

I doubt very much he means much of what he's saying to either side. He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Clinton, but with less skill. The guy's too shallow to actually stand for anything. He's pure Hollywood.

Post #116,764 by marlowe 9/5/03 12:23:45 PM Reply	Johny Depp in too deep [link\|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030905/people_nm/people_depp_dc\|Trying to suck up to both sides] Excerpt: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Denying any anti-American sentiment on his part, actor Johnny Depp (news) said on Thursday that quotes attributed to him as likening the United States to a "dumb puppy" were inaccurate and taken out of context. "I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it," Depp said in a statement released by his Los Angeles-based publicist. "It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful." Depp, currently starring in the swashbuckling film "Pirates of the Caribbean," issued the statement a day after the German news magazine Stern published an interview in which he ridiculed Washington's confrontation with France, where he lives, over the U.S. war in Iraq (news - web sites). The magazine quoted the actor as saying "America is ... like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." He was further quoted as saying he wanted his children to "see America as ... a broken toy" that they should explore, get the feel of, then "get out." Explaining his comments a day later, Depp he had been using a metaphor that was taken "radically out of context," adding, "There was no anti-American sentiment." I say: I doubt very much he means much of what he's saying to either side. He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Clinton, but with less skill. The guy's too shallow to actually stand for anything. He's pure Hollywood. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Americans: a pack, not a herd. Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #116,780 by lincoln 9/5/03 1:45:15 PM Reply	Your quote works both ways He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Clinton, but with less skill. can be written as He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Dubya, but with less skill. Dubya talks to rich white men on Wall Street or working at Halliburton, and tells them what they want to hear: "I'll cut your taxes AGAIN!" lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #117,086 by marlowe 9/8/03 3:02:33 PM Reply	So did Dubya tell you what you wanted to hear? Oops. Looks like he missed one. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Americans: a pack, not a herd. Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]

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