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
direct five movies
I think it's much more important to direct movies but if it's going to take five years between each one then I'll have to make up for that.
direct five four gonna instead pictures three time win
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.
across directors lucky rare stumble
These are the rare directors who come along, and you're lucky if you stumble across one as an actor.
lied operated truth
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.
along government somewhere
Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.
amusement apart oneself tearing
tearing oneself apart for the amusement of the audience.
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.
craft later natural rather somebody
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.
blade courage dull time
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.
anger figuring tremendous
Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.
concerns consider human politics
I don't consider myself specifically political, you know? I think of working as an actor as being a human thing. The concerns I have that fall into politics are human concerns.