Richard Marks

“My general opinion is that the op-ed damaged Mr. Depp. Created a cancel situation, if you will, harm to his reputation and his ability to get work.”

“You might say Pirates of the Caribbean is Johnny Depp and vice versa. That's the importance of hiring a star.”

“right now, the pinnacle of negativity in Hollywood is being accused of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, violence, and what we've seen is, almost immediately, terminations and cancellations”

“It's devastating. It's the type of claim, the Me Too claim of sexual violence, domestic abuse, that has canceled a list of actors, Chris Noth, recently, I just read something about Frank Langella.”

“Again, you'd have to show me the article, but I don't doubt that some commentator trying to trade on being a smartypants wrote that.”

“No, I'm not saying that New York Times is a rag. What I'm saying is, at the height of the #MeToo movement, we have this op-ed directed at Hollywood. And in the Hollywood I know, the rest of the stuff is background noise.”

“Does she have another husband who abused her?”

“But I- in Hollywood, actions sometimes speak much louder than words.”

“The publications that carry the most weight in Hollywood, in my opinion, after all these decades, are Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times. Those are the publications.”

“Johnny Depp had always had articles about him and that that didn't change the baseline. If you had a big project and it had a role for Johnny Depp, that didn't change the baseline.”

“My opinion about the op-ed in the Washington Post is, was it different? That was - had a different quality of headline and article.”

“she's very slick and smooth, but she's not an expert in dealmaking. Her assessment of damages is built on nothing, and it's wildly speculative.”

“In Hollywood, silence is the default. You play no card before its time.”

“she was constructing a Jenga without the bottom pieces. It does not hold up under scrutiny by someone who makes deals.”

“It's the first movie of that ilk that she makes, but she is not Aquaman; she is Mera.”

“For her, it's a breakthrough movie to be in that film and in the ensemble, absolutely.”

“Well, after Ms. Heard's breakthrough in 2018, she did get Aquaman 2.”

“Allright. So Ms. Heard did not get any movies after 2018, long before the Adam Waldman statements.”

“there isn't a deal that I haven't made”

“I believe they have, but don't quote me because, you know, that's not my genre.”