As Sparrow, Depp puts a queer spin on nearly every line of dialogue. Any word can be a double entrendre, every sentence a private joke. Sparrow may or may not be the kind of pirate who shags his shipmates, but he’s definitely fronting a coded pose and stashing his deeper motives belowdecks.
-Slate’s article “Johnny Depp’s Adventures in Gender-Bending”, by Eric Hynes
It always interests me when I find a quote that resonates with a particular character. This one resonates quite strongly with two of them, although neither would ever shag their shipmates, thankyouverymuch.
Some of it is definitely the pirate thing, although both are going to deny it to your face. But one is definitely the first two sentences. The other is definitely the last, with moments of the first two.