The United States is just too violent for Johnny Depp - that's why he lives in France with his girlfriend, actor Vanessa Paradis.

Depp said he's especially shocked when he returns to the United States now that he and Paradis have a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp.

"I mean, little kids going into school and shooting up their pals and killing people - I have a little girl who's almost two years old I don't want her to grow up with that kind of thing in her brain," Depp said.

Depp stars as real-life drug trafficker George Jung in the movie Blow, which opened Friday. He thinks Jung, who's in prison until 2014, should be released early.

"He's paid his debt to society," Depp said. "He should be able to go out and teach kids about the dangers of drugs."