Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American actor who first became known for his roles in the films, The Subject Was Rosesand Badlands, and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role in Apocalypse Now...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 August 1940
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
believe optimistic long
I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person.
fighting cost left
We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something; otherwise we're left to question its value.
fighting men heaven
The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The man says, “I have no scars”. St. Peter says, “What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for”?
thinking catholic church
Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.
reality judging abortion
I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.
golf boys years
Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.
way because-i-can ifs
I act because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.
bombs generations should
We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out.
justice firsts social
My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
recovery accomplishment addiction
My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.
reality wings west
I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.
reality wings keys
The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.
jesus believe goodness
I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.
fighting worth-fighting-for
Find something in your life worth fighting for