Johnny Depp is in the July 2009 issue of Vanity Fair showing off his island. And just like what mostly happens with magazines, I like the outtakes better than the photo shoot in the magazine. Here are some more quotes from the article that I missed the first time around.

On his private island, Little Hall’s Pond Cay: “I don’t think I’d ever seen any place so pure and beautiful . . . You can feel your pulse rate drop about 20 beats. It’s instant freedom. And that rare beast — simplicity — can be had. And a little morsel of anonymity . . . Whenever I was getting frustrated about being ‘novelty boy’ and making movies, I told myself, Calm down. I can come down here and disappear. I spent the Christmas season here with Vanessa and the kids. You can feed hot dogs to the nurse sharks in the Exumas — but it’s best to not swim when doing it.”

On keeping the island for his family: “Nobody is going to ever ruin the Land and Sea Park. It’s like a rare gem, a diamond. I look forward to my kids growing up on the island, spending months out of the year here . . . learning about sea life and how to protect sea life . . . and their kids growing up here, and so on . . . Theoretically, this place can add years to your life . . . Money doesn’t buy you happiness. But it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.”

I also found out that he named a private island there after Heath Ledger. How sweet is that?

Photo Source: Vanity Fair

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