Amber Heard is featured in the September issue of Elle (the one with Kate Upton on the cover) to promote Paranoia and (I guess) Machete Kills. She’s pushing this role hard, and she has interviews and shoots in D-Mag, Flare, and Bullett to prove it. But these aren’t exactly high-profile magazines, right?

Now Amber has an editorial in an actual magazine that counts and is somewhat worthy of a girlfriend of Johnny Depp. Of course, Amber doesn’t seem to mind that her A-list man interrupts interviews because — let’s face it — she is an artist, not a celebrity. True artists don’t try to craft their interviews. They just go with the sleepy flow, and if that means Johnny Depp interrupts a talk with a request for breakfast in bed, then so be it. But Elle is treating Amber properly now by describing her as “Hollywood’s new rebel.” Here is a cleavetastic photo and some excerpts:

On her career path:“I try to play characters who are somehow empowered or strong. People want to put me in a wedding dress and make me the object of affection, but I’d much rather shoot the gun and save the world.”

Will she ever marry? “I don’t imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.”

Why she came out as bisexual:“I didn’t want to look like I was hiding anything. I’m not, as wasn’t ever, ashamed.”

[From Elle]

You hear that, Johnny Depp? Amber likes to play fast and loose, and she doesn’t like to be defined. So you can give her all the Gary Oldman-defying trailers that you so desire, but that doesn’t mean she owes you anything at all. Don’t try to define her unless you’re calling her an ARTIST. Also, she would love a role in the Expendables 3 if you can swing it at this late date.