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
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It's a little strange being singled out. I'm one of about a dozen people in an ensemble cast and they're all wonderful.
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Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.
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I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.
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On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.
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People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.
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And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.
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I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will.
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We in the cast knew we had something special in this series. The big question was whether or not it would work on network television. There were no car chases or special effects. It was about politics. The action was in the word.
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War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.
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George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.
You never know when you are doing something that is affecting someone.
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I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!
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There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.
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When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.