It’s the story of a little French girl grew up in front of the audience. 7 years ago, she met a huge American star, Johnny Depp. He was 35 and her 26.


Johnny:
When I saw her the first time, I immediately remarked her eyes, her eyes catched me fire. It’s the first thing that I remember.


Vanessa:
It was chemical, it was physical, we shook hands, and I felt it everywhere in my body. I think that the love of your life it’s also your best friend. I had already felt in love before, but I had more fun with my friends; it’s a shame. And when you have as much fun with your lover as with your friends, I think it’s that. I think it’s the secret. He’s your love and your friend.

Johnny:
During these last 7 years, she has made me happy like nobody had ever made it before.

Since that, you can’t separate them in a milieu where the disposable couple is king. Vanessa has conquered the heart of one of the most beautiful men in the world, pointed out as the best actor of his generation, and it was with his darling that he inaugurated his star on Hollywood Boulevard. In fact, they have a lot in common.

Johnny:
She was very young when she began, she was 14 I think. We started a little bit by the same way.

At 14, Vanessa’s career began very fast with Joe le taxi. 3 millions singles sold in the world.

Gerard Louvin (friend and producer):
You could expect that she would make a career because as soon as she started she had a success. We are all artists but we aren’t all stars, and the difference, it’s the eyes. She has something in the eyes, that is brighting, she has star’s eyes.

Claudie Ossard (friend and producer):
It’s true that from the debut, she is born under a good star, she’s lucky but she also has incredible talents.

Vanessa:
I have a career so wonderful, and full of gifts, I am totally fulfilled.

And what gifts! Musical side in 1990, Gainsbourg wrote for her an album for which she won a best female singer award. In 1993 it’s Lenny Kravitz who wrote her first English language album. Cinema side, at 17 the Lolita won the best young actress Cesar for Noce Blanche. She stared with the biggest leading men: Delon, Belmondo, Reno, Auteuil and Depardieu. The movies are not big in box-office but Vanessa’s talent actress is recognized.

Karl Lagerfeld:
She was very pretty, the voice was very unique, I think that she is a great actress too. But I think that in that time, she was not blissful, she wasn’t the same personality that she has become now.

At 19 she became a paradise bird for a mythical parfum. The ad by JP Goude was shown in the entire world.

Louvin:
When you see her in the ad, sorry but she gives envy (desire). The ad was shown in the US so I think that an American man can says "Who is this girl (la petite)?"

In 1998 she met Johnny Depp. Each came from a difficult love life, between the two, it’s love at the first sign long version.

Ossard:
I think that these two beings were made to be together. It’s true. So how they were reunited at one time? Destiny. It’s not a human being who made that. It’s destiny.

Destiny makes the things good sometimes. For Johnny no trashes hotel rooms, excess anymore. With Vanessa, he found serenity. And paternity. Lily-Rose is born in 1999 and Jack in 2002.

Johnny:
We are very close. I want to have other children and to be parents together. She’s my best friend.

Vanessa in Zenith in 2001:
I would like to talk about a wonderful person, a person who exists in my life but who is a multiple person, these persons are everywhere in the world, for everybody. Mine, I keep him for me, really this person I keep him for me only. It’s someone who arrives in your life one day, by surprise and who sweeps away all the superficial to let only the essential and let only the magical and wonderful things. And it is from this moment that the true life begins.

Between the true life and her career, Vanessa has chosen. In 15 years she went only 2 times in tour and made close to 10 years to publish her last album. The most important thing in her life, it’s her family.

Johnny:
You know, at home, we hardly talk about movies, about our work, and all that stuff. We nearly never talk about that. We prefer to talk about performances by others actors that we find interesting, about music, about things through which we can find emotion. We never talk about business. We’ll certainly work together, the number of movies that we’ll make together is not important. We have a lot of fun together, and it’s the important thing.

Vanessa:
We don’t often talk about work together. But we talk about music a lot.

Ossard:
He has learnt all about France. He’s able to talk about wines, castles, he’s totally integrated, he loves that country, thanks to Vanessa.

Louvin:
Johnny Depp likes France a lot and often lives in France. But very hidden…

Johnny (whispering in french):
It’s a mystery…

Louvin:
It’s in in the South (dans le Midi)

The lovers live happy and hidden far from the show business.

Ossard:
I understand that everybody dream about this couple. In addition to be very close, they have a great complicity and there is no weakness, it’s wonderful.

Johnny:
She has a very special gift as a human being. Everybody feels normal around her. She’ s very generous. People feel that immediately. She doesn’t lie.

At 32, Vanessa knows glory and true love. However she always stays simple.

Vanessa:
Then, when we’ll do the interview you will leave us alone because we won’t be very comfortable. (laughs)

Ossard:
I never known someone who has met Vanessa and doesn’t like her. She has this image of a star, very very star. But when you meet her she’s very approachable. She makes you feel comfortable immediately.

Vanessa:
They ask me some questions and if there are some questions that I don’t want to answer, I say that I don’t answer. If they say that they don’t like me, I answer never mind ( laughs). I’m not afraid of that. I’m rather afraid of saying stupidity or stammering…

Louvin:
She’s very funny, she has a great humour. She has an interesting second degree. She’s not timorous at all.

And she’s neither interested by Hollywood millions dollars.

Johnny:
I think it would had been easy to her to make a transition toward American cinema. She has certainly received all the opportunities in the world.

Vanessa:
Hollywood is not a goal to me. There are as many good things as bad things in US cinema. I’m just looking for a beautiful role, for a beautiful opportunity to go there. But I don’t want to fight for, I am blissful with what I have.

Vanessa (extract En apparté):
It’s terrible I want to kiss him!


Johnny:
I’ll just go to go back home to see her…(smile)

Johnny Depp dans un Palace de la cote. Pour la premiere fois devant les camera de Comme Au Cinéma confiance d’un homme amoureux.

La première fois que je l’ai vue je me souviens de ses yeux. On a croisé des yeux l’un de l’autre.
Elle m’a rendu heureux quand jamais personne n’a rendu qn heureux. Depuis ces 6 derniers annnées. Elle est vraiement une personne particullière. C’est qn de trés généreux qui donne beaucoup et qui fait attention aux autres. Et les gens le sentent.

Elle a cette qualité de ne pas jouer, elle a aucune prétantion, elle ne calcule rien, il n’y a ni fausseté ni tricherie en elle. Elle ne ment pas.

Le premier film de Vanessa que j’ai vu ici en France c’etait "La Fille Sur Le Pont" . Et c’était un chok pour moi dès le premier minute. Une telle honneteté, une telle pureté. ça c’est vraiment très rare.
On etait déjà ensemble dépuis qq temps et quand je l’ai vue la sur l’écran c’est m’a frappé. That was shoking.

Je trouve que sa choix de carriere soit tres beau. Il était relativement facile pour elle de travailler pour le cinéma américain. Je crois qu’elle a eu toutes les opportunites qu’on pouvait lui offrir. Et elle a decide de ne pas s’engager tant qu’elle ne se sentait pas prete.

Vous savez, nous avons deux enfants ensemble, nous sommes des parents. Elle aussi est ma meilleure amie et evidemment je l’adore. i worship her A la maison on parle rarement de notre metier, des films, de travail, de tous ca, on est en train de rigoler quand on est tout les deux Je suis fier d’elle tous les jours, elle est vraiment etonnante, c’est une fille exceptionnelle. (She is amazing little girl).

Michel: C’est beau?
Vanessa: …
Michel: Comme il dit on parle très peu de boulot à la maison. Evidemment, la question qu’on a envie de vous poser. Cette sorte de complicité incroyable qui vous lie qu’on peut appeller amour quand on est en discret…. Comment ça se fait que vous n’avez pas fait tourner ensemble encore.

Vanessa: Parce que c’est assez effrayant l’idee. D’abord je me demands comment j’arriverais à etre serieuse en face de lui parce qu’il me fait rire tout le temps. Et je n’arrive pas à… Donc tout d’un coup mentir dans ses yeux au milieu de toute une équipe sur un plat… je suis pas sure d’etre capable de le faire.
Et puis voilà je sais pas c’est bizzare. quoi. c’est à dire, il part faire son boulot, je pars faire le mien, quand on rentre à la maison on partage qch tellement fort, tellement vraie, que tout d’un coup ça de… il y a qch de petre-etre un petit peu supérficiel. On ne fait pas non plus tellement compte. Ca nous fait peur parce que ça foute le bordel à la maison. C’est tout quoi … Mais par contre il y a des avantages quad meme parce que plus tard nos enfants ils peuvent avoir un souvenir sur grand écran … et puis ça permet de pas etre séparer pendant 3-4 mois…
- Qu’est-ce que tu as?
- Je crois que j’ai plus de chance comme ça…
- Non, ça ne suffit pas, ça ne suffit pas…
- J’ai appris qch exceptionnel… Votre m vous a offert une des robes de Merline Monroe. Est-ce que vous la mettez cette robe? Et je voudrais savoir selon…
- Je n’ai pas les memes mensurations… quad meme…
- C’est a dire elle etait…
- Bah… La, la… la…
- Mais vous l’a essayée alors?

Johnny Depp in a Palace by the coast. For the first time in front of Comme Au Cinema cameras, confidence from a man in love.

The first time that I saw her, I have this memory of her eyes. We locked eyes, and hers were burning into me. And I remember, I couldn't look away. She's made me the happiest person in the world for the last six years. She has a very special gift as a person and a human being because she's very generous, generous and caring, you know. And people feel that, instantly. She has a quality that's just "No Bullshit", you know? Theres no pretense to her. Theres nothing preplanned or falseness. She doesn't lie. The first film I saw of Vanessa's was "La Fille Sur Le Pont". It was a shock for me the first few minutes. There's just such honesty in her. She's so pure and thats a rare thing, and at that point, you know for someone that, you know we'd been together for a while, and suddently I see, you know, that, it hit me in the face when I watched her films. Yeah.. and it was very shocking.

I think her choices are great! I think it would have been relatively easy for her to have made a transition to American cinema early on. I think that she as had all the opportunities that were offered to her, and decided not to make the transition until she was ready for it.
We've raised a couple of kids together, you know, parents together. She's my best friend. I worship her, but you know at home its very rare that we talk about the industry or movies or work or anything like that. We have fun together. And I'm proud of her every day. She's an amazing little girl.

Michel: That's beautiful?
Vanessa: Yeah..
Michel: Like he said, you speak very little of work a home. Evidently, the question that one wants to ask you. This sort of incredible complicity that secures you that could be called "love" when on is discreet. How is it that you have not made a film together.
Vanessa: Because this idea is rather frightful. First, I ask myself how I could be serious in front of him because he makes me laugh all the time. To lie in his eyes in the middle of a crew on a stage... I'm not sure I could do it.
And then, I dont know, this is bizzare, that is to say, he leaves to do his work, I leave to do mine, and when we return home, we share something really strong, really true.. to all of a suddden do something so superficial... One doesn't do something like that. That scares us, because that "screws the brothel to the house" This is all that. But on the other hand, there would be advantages, though because later, our children would have a memory on the big screen, and that would allow us to not be sepeate for three to four months.
- What is it that you have?
- I think that I have more luck like this
- No, that wont be enough..
- I learned something exceptional... Your m.. offered you a dress of Marilyn Monroe. Did you take this dress? I would like to know..
- I dont have the same measurements.. nonetheless...
- You mean she had...
- Here, here.. here..

traduction par Rachel "pourtantvanessa_".   Merci!

Oprah: Johnny est le père fier de son fils de deux ans, s'appelle... Jack?
Johnny: Ouais.
Oprah: J'aime le nom Jack. Et une fille de cinq ans, Lily-Rose. Avec Vanessa Paradis. Alors, vous la reconnaîtrez, peut-être, de tous ces announces de Chanel, superbe! Est-ce que vous avez fait... c'est vrai que... j'ai lu, on ne sait pas jamais, que vous avez vu elle marché de l'autre côté d'une salle, et elle marché à vous, et elle vous a dit... quelque chose, et vous a dit "Je suis parti."
Johnny: Ouais, j'ai vu son dos.
Oprah: Vous avez vu son dos?
Johnny: Ouais, j'ai vu son dos de presque 23 metres environ.
Oprah: Ouais
Johnny: Et j'ai fixé à ce dos et soudain, il a tourné. Et le dos avait un visage et il a marché vers moi, directement vers moi, et justement elle a dit "Salut."
Oprah: Ouais
Johnny: Et puis, j'ai connu, vous connaissez?
Oprah: C'est fini?
Johnny: Grand problème, vous connaissez? Grand problème.
Oprah: Grand problème. Qu'est-ce que vous diriez dire qu'elle a affecté votre vie?
Johnny: Euh, elle a le changé. Complètement. Je veux dire, Vanessa et mes enfants me donnent la vie. Juste, je veux, ils ont mis moi dans tout autre stade. Ouais, ouais.
Oprah: Qu'est-ce que vous aimez le plus à propos d'elle?
Johnny: Euh, eh bien, premier vous devez l'aimer pour occuper de moi! Just pour s'occuper de moi! Eh bien, elle est une maman géniale, je veux dire, un de la plus beaux choses dans le monde est voir une maman avec ses enfants. Il n'ya pas rien plus beau, rien plus, euh, plus grand? Vous connaissez?
Oprah: Ouais. Je ne sais pas si vous connaissez, mais Vanessa a écrivé un article à Johnny assez gentil, dans la magazine Elle Française s'appelle "Johnny Depp, mon amant" et elle a écrivé "Tout que je rêve, veux, j'ai besoin de, notre histoire est l'amour et l'amitie unis." et elle a dit aussi "J'ai l'impression que personne pourrait aimer en la façon que nous aimons, pour nous les choses importants sont notre famille, notre couple, et nos enfants et quand nous parlons à propos de travail, c'est pas trop et jamais pendant un dîner romantique." ça a l'air que vous avez trouvé l'amour de ta vie. C'est gentil. "Notre couple", j'aime la description de "notre couple".
Johnny: Ouais, c'est gentil.
Oprah: "Notre couple", "notre couple". Il y a une difference distinctive entre élever un garçon et une fille?
Johnny: Ah... wouah.
Oprah: Vraiment?
Johnny: Ah oui.
Oprah: Ah oui?
Johnny: Ouais, ma fille, de la premiere seconde, était juste une petite princesse, très innocente, très délicate, incroyablement... euh, douce.
Oprah: Ouais.
Johnny: Et mon fils, presque immediatement, il corrait lui-même dans les murs. Et maintenant il court avec les épées plastiques de pirate, vous connaissez, il l'écrase à tout le monde...
Oprah: Comment le changé vous, étant un père? ça vous fait doux?
Johnny: Eh bien, ça vous donne des points de vue différents, tout de suite, on siat les choses importants et pas importants... euh, pour quelques années j'avait peur des mots étranges, des stars, étant suivi de paparazzi, et tous choses comme ça....
Oprah: Ouais, vous avez eu "un chose" avec les paparazzis une fois, non?
Johnny: Des choses, oui.
Oprah: Des choses.
Johnny: Mais, euh, je veux dire une fois que vous, vous connaissez, vous avez des enfants, et vous comprenez les choses importants et pas importants, et tous les choses autour de vous devient comme des insectes.
Oprah: Paparazzi égal?
Johnny: Ah ouais.
Oprah: Ouais.
Johnny: à moins que ils essayent de prendre des photos de mes enfants, et puis je les attrape. C'est un chose différent.
Oprah: et c'est fini.
Johnny: Eh bien, ce pourrait être intéressant.
Oprah: Ce pourrait être intéressant.