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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Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they on him. To talk to them was very moving in many cases because they talk about him like they saw him yesterday. In most cases they knew this kid for a couple of weeks in their whole life and he just lasted with them.
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Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.
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I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.
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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.
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.
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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.
anger figuring tremendous
Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.