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
father get-over our-father
We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)
mother believe catholic
I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.
gratitude grace matter
No matter what is going on, everything is grace.
responsibility humanity world
The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all, become aware of it. We have to take responsibility for it. And then we have to do something about it for our own freedom, for our own salvation, for our own humanity.
pain emotional common-humanity
Once you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at all open to it, because we're all united in our common humanity. And we are so made as to feel something for people who are in pain. It's not possible to be human and to be unaffected by what you see in the third world.
winning justice trying
I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
honesty play way
I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
dream country children
Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.
office president citizens
I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.
party political environmental
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
inspirational kids parent
I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.
catholic enemy church
It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.
bucks buying easy
Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.
government promise honestly
I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.