This is a Dutch magazine that has an interview with Vanessa. Thanks to Inge at VIT site for the translation:

Paradis on earth

Her looks are divine, she has the voice of an angel and she also shares her life with the love of her life, actor Johnny Depp. Despite all this domestic happiness, after seven years it started itching again for model, actress and singer Vanessa Paradis. She’s back in the spotlights.

Lolita’s grow up too. In the case of Vanessa Paradis (34) it’s a good thing. The child star that had a world hit at the age of 14 with Joe le Taxi, is nowadays a mother, muze and grown-up singer. With her new album Divinidylle the slim Française shows that she can do more than just being a pretty face next to her charismatic husband Johnny Depp. The disc is not only a beautiful dedication of love to her dream man Johnny, but it’s also a huge comeback. In the chique Parisian hotel Pavillon de la Reine the slim beauty told Gala in an interview why she doesn’t care about Hollywood or wedding bells.

What did you do the past seven years?
I gave myself a long time-out to do nothing else but being a mother. It was a beautiful experience, one of the most beautiful experiences in my life.

So your career was unimportant for a while?
Totally, and it’s a huge luxury to be able to say that. So many people have to work hard to get everything come together. Johnny and I are in a luxe position when it comes to that. But I also needed time for myself. I wanted to fully enjoy my man and children, but also life.

That seems to be working. Your new album is called Divinidylle. And idyllic description of your own happy, fulfilled life?
Haha, no with the title Divinidylle I had a whole other idea. In French “idylle” means the start of a relationship, when you have just met each other and everything is still unknown. It can become fantastic, but it can fail too. Everyone can hear something different in this album. It’s an idyllic, unknown country.

A song like “Les Piles” sounds totally à la Vanessa, very sweet & sexy.
It is a pleasure indeed to sing that song. I gave everything in it. But I made the whole album with a lot of pleasure. If felt very free on one hand, but on the other hand I also fought against my fears. I never found it easy to hear my own voice, how strange that might sound coming from a singer. But this time I tried not to think about it too much, and I mostly felt great during the production. And you can hear that!

All the songs on the album have this typical atmosphere of the French pop from the sixties and seventies. Are you a fan yourself of that period?
Very much so, and that’s probably why the songs are recorded like back then. We used lots of authentic instruments and we clapped a lot with our hands. You could say that it has become a very natural album, without all that mechanical that is usual nowadays. I prefer this, to me the album has class and style. I do love overproduced albums too. Nicely kitsch.

The album also has a personal touch. Is the song “Jackadi” about your son Jack?
Yes, that’s for my son. Just like “La Ballade de Lily Rose” on my last album for my daughter. They’re private documents for my children. When they hear “their” song somewhere in the upcoming 30 years again, they might think of a beautiful moment with me.

How come your man Johnny Depp can’t be heard as songwriter or on the guitar this time?
It just didn’t happen this time. Johnny has been incredibly busy working on movies. Nevertheless he had a huge influence on this album. Because he inspired me of course, and there’s also his influence and his help with good ideas. And he painted the cover, very important! Johnny made the painting for us, and not for an audience. But I immediately thought of my cover when I saw it. To me, it’s the most beautiful cover I can imagine. It looks beautiful and mysterious, if feel like a second Mona Lisa.

You’re really working on a come back, because you also play one of the main characters in a new movie, “La Clef” (The Key, red.).
That’s right. This movie will first only be released in France. It’s an amazing thriller, the final one in a trilogy of thrilling police movies, and I’m very proud I was part of that.

Why did you never play in Hollywood movies, like Johnny?
Because that doesn’t mean anything to me. I mean, of course they make beautiful movies there, but there’s also a lot of crap. In my music and in my movies too, I want integrity: I only want to make things that I like, that I believe in. With good characters and a good director.

Your carefulness when you pick your movies, and your seven-year-time-out, does it have something to do with your stamp of being that French Lolita with that high voice?
People only knew me as that little doll with all that make-up and that mini skirt, that sang Joe le Taxi. After that I played in my first movie, Noce Blanche (White Wedding, red.) as a revolve teenager that starts an affair with her philosophy teacher. Yes, that set the tone.

But you also had benefit from that image, didn’t you?
In the commercial for Coco by Chanel, I played a little bird of paradise in a huge iron cage. That was indeed a very well paid joke.

Final question, and an important one: are you and Johnny Depp getting married?
I don’t know. At this point it’s not an issue. We are as close as a couple can be and we have a very happy family. We’ve been together for almost 10 years now. When you have all the happiness in the world, then why all the wedding hoopla?

LOL...glad we finally got this year's wedding questions cleared up!
Integrity....Johnny's wearing on her. Only do what you want to do and do it with integrity, then people will notice. Good on her! She's very strong.

You know I wish that I had had Vanessa's attitude about marriage. It would have saved me alot of heartache. I remember from another interview that she said that she was afraid of marriage that MAYBE they would get married in 25 years or more. But what got me about this is that they called Johnny her "husband" earlier in the article. Common-law yes but obviously not legal.

Nicci :angel

Everyone's circmstances are different in regards to a formal marriage. Yes, many articles refer to the both of them as husband or wife. I feel both have stated that for all intents and purposes they believe they are "married" but haven't gone through the legal paperwork. I don't think either one of them is offended when they are referred to in that manner--just my opinion. I think the important fact is that she states they are happy and that's all that matters....

-Donna

Lovely article. Van sure sounds like she has a lot of Johnny's good qualities!

Another lovely interview ~ thanks for posting the translation!
Vanessa and Johnny share a lot of the same qualities and priorities. They are a very good match. I particularly like her comments about the album cover. She obviously appreciates Johnny's artistic talent. I hope she's having a good time on her tour!

That was a very nice interview! Thanks Donna for sharing it with us.

Thanks so much for the translation.

I love her term "my man" like he calls her "my girl".
That's so sweet.

BTW Her Paris concerts were sell outs and family members came to see from time to time... Surrounded by all that love..... What more could you ask for?

Holly