^That would be good. Right now his career is...crap. Except for The Libertine, which maybe had a bad screenplay and a bad director, but the acting was superb. And it definetily was not a commercial success nor a "respected" film. It was just deemed as bad and weird, which used to make a good Depp film in the past.
You're right, he is overly over-exposed (Teen Choice Awards...oh Lord!) and everyone is kissing his *** and writing stuff à la Vogue US on him. He used to be quite hated. Now even respectable film critics don't seem to say a bad word about him.