Celebrity Tattoos Revealed

"Heroes" starlet Hayden Panettiere is often pictured showing off the tattoo she has running down the left side of her back, despite it being misspelled. In full, it reads, "Vivere senza rimipianti," which is meant to be "to live without regrets" in Italian. Unfortunately for the 21-year-old actress, her tattoo reads "rimipianti" instead of "rimpianti," adding an extra "i." "She got the wrong person for the job," James says. "A reputable shop double checks spelling." Although initially horrified about the misspelling, Panettiere says she is proud of her tattoo and wants to "live up to what it means."

How many tattoos does rapper Lil Wayne have? We're betting that Lil Wayne himself isn't able to answer that question. "I seriously doubt Lil Wayne put the thought necessary into any of his tattoos, especially the ones on his face," says James. "He went from very little to being tattooed everywhere in about a year."

Johnny Depp is another celebrity who's a fanatic lover of tattoos, having numerous tats all over his body. From dedications to his children (Jack and Lily-Rose) and ancestral heritage (Cherokee Indian) to even the ink he had altered (Wino Forever) after he broke up with actress Winona Ryder, Depp's tattoos seem to suit him. "Johnny Depp looks like he earned his tattoos with a mug of wine from some old pirates," James observes. "But somehow he still manages to make them look cool."

Pamela Anderson rocks a barbed-wire armband tattoo on her left bicep. James doubts that there's much meaning behind Anderson's tat, saying, "The overly trendy, everyone-has-to-have tattoo began its career as the armband, then it moved to the lower back, and now it is working its way back up again." The tattoo artist advises, "Tattoos should be about individuality, not what's hot, because it may not be for long."

Top 3 Male Celebrity Tattoos That Don’t Suck

Everyone’s got tattoos these days. While some can be pretty sexy, most are just awful, and none more so than tattoos on male celebrities that seem so out of place. More often than not, most male celebrities get ink done so they can look cool or tough or gangsta or whatever, but end up looking like some douche whose friends made fun of while passed-out drunk the night before. The guys listed below, however, are some of the exceptions. At least their tattoos don’t suck, because they suit them pretty well.
3. Ben Affleck

I may not like this guy that much, but that tattoo on his right bicep is just plain cool.

2. Colin Farrell

That tattoo on his right arm is just one of many, all of which fit the Irish actor’s bad boy image perfectly.

1. Johnny Depp

He owned one of the most talked-about celebrity tattoos of all time (“Winona Forever”, since changed to “Wino Forever”). Whatever design tattoo he wishes to put on his body , it'll still look pretty cool, because, c’mon, he’s Johnny Depp.