10 Things to Love About Johnny

He's a true original: From his humor to his tattoos, find out why we can't get enough of the Pirates of the Caribbean star. By Serena Kappes

  • 10. HIS LOVE FOR HIS LADY photo | Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis

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Updated: Thursday Jul 06, 2006 | 06:00 AM EDT

10. HIS LOVE FOR HIS LADY

"I just knew, you know, it's over with," he told Oprah Winfrey of meeting French pop singer Vanessa Paradis in Paris in 1998. Since then the couple (in January) – who've never married – have been inseparable. "Our story is love and friendship united," she wrote in a tribute to Depp in French Elle. "I have the impression that no one could love the way we love."