Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, filmmaker, and political activist. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic Riverand the biopic Milk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 August 1960
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
believe thinking talking
I don't believe there are climate skeptics. I think there are people who indulge in a culture of what can be reduced to Fox network thinking. That has nothing to do with the politics that apply to the protection of quality of life in any sense. It's like talking to a member of a cult.
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I do not believe in a simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil. I believe this is a big world full of men, women, and children who struggle to eat, to love, to work, to protect their families, their beliefs, and their dreams.
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When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What was I doing believing that this person was invested in this way?' Which is a fantastically strong humiliation in the best sense. It can make somebody very bitter and very hard and closed off, but I find it does the opposite to me.
believe thinking people
One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to believe in the work they do. You're told to second-guess yourself all the time. That's where I think a little hostility and arrogance can save you. And I've never been lacking for either.
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I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one.
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If I win the lottery, I'm gonna direct three to four pictures every four to five years, instead of one - and there won't be time to act.
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It's human to want to get your hands in it.
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It varies from role to role and the type of the piece and the people you're working with. All those factors contribute to how you function on a movie.
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There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in romance, I don't feel I've ever had that.
frustrated somebody
I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.
energy rhythm true worked
I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.
common form highest might stardom
Turning one's back on stardom might be the highest form of common sense. One that I would aspire to be more complete with.
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Craft comes into acting later rather than sooner. I was somebody who had to learn through a process - a natural actor doesn't need to.
In school, I was a genius of the year preceding the year I was in, every year.