'I Don't Want To Win One Of Those Things Ever' Says Johnny Depp On Oscar Awards

By R. Siva Kumar - 14 Oct '15 10:41AM

Johnny Depp made the startling disclosure on Sunday night at the U.K. premiere of "Black Mass" in the London Film Festival, that he never wants to take an Oscar home.

Although the 53-year-old gave a great performance as legendary Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in "Black Mass," he is not cagey about not coveting the golden statuette.

"I don't want to win one of those things ever," Depp said, according to BBC News. "They gave me one of those things, like a nomination, two or three times. A nomination is plenty."

Till now, he has got three Oscar nominations for playing Captain Jack Sparrow in 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," for playing Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie in 2004's "Finding Neverland" and finally for his role in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)," according to Entertainment Tonight.

"I don't want to have to talk," Depp explained. He does not think of acting as a competitive sport. "The idea of winning means that you're in competition with someone and I'm not in competition with anybody. I just stick to my guns and do what I want to do. Sometimes people don't like it, but that's alright."

Calling his performance in the Scott Cooper-directed film as a "comeback role" was strange, said Depp.

"What did I come back from? The dead" he said. "I haven't done anything different in this than I have in any other film."

Currently "Black Mass" is being shown in theaters. The nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards will be announced on Jan. 14, 2016.