Johnny Depp revealed that he would prefer to never actually take home an Oscar - ever - on Sunday night at the at the U.K. premiere of "Black Mass" at the London Film Festival.
There has been a lot of Oscar buzz surrounding the 53-year-old following his praiseworthy performance as legendary Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in "Black Mass," but the actor has downplayed his desire to win the golden statuette, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"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."
Depp has received three Oscar nominations to date; for his role of 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, adding that he believes that acting is not a competition in his eyes. "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."
The actor also addressed critics who dubbed his performance in the Scott Cooper-directed film as a comeback role.
"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."
"Black Mass" is playing in theaters now. The nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards will be announced on Jan. 14, 2016.
