“That should be someone else, that confuses me beyond recognition. I don’t know how to react,” Depp said. “I really thought it was a joke.” That is what Johnny Depp said after finding out he was nominated for Sexiest Man Alive.

Depp is one of the greatest actors of his generation and also a stylish and suave leading man. But when asked about People magazine and others saying he is the sexiest man living, he was bashful and said “”That should be someone else, that confuses me beyond recognition. I don’t know how to react, I really thought it was a joke.”

Depp is about to make news as the star of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, continuing his ongoing role as Burton’s muse, much as Dicaprio does for Scorsese.