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
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Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.
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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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I'm not good at talking to strangers, whether they're sick children or they're - I'm just not good. I'm shy with it.
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These are the rare directors who come along, and you're lucky if you stumble across one as an actor.
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I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.
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Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.
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tearing oneself apart for the amusement of the audience.
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I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.
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I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.
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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.
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We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.
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Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.