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
writing acting different
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.
mistake tolerance nikon
When I buy a Nikon camera, I have no tolerance for the instructions. I'm ready to make some mistakes using it and get some bad pictures back until I've figured it out for myself.
light way made
I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.
fulfilling
Fulfilling what you start is why you start something.
real love-is people
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.
mouths said bigs
Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.
thinking involved
On any movie I'm involved with, I say what I think.
nebraska shooting yeah
Yeah, I had a tremendous time shooting in Nebraska. I like that state a lot, all over it.
political good-movie envelopes
Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the same old, same old, if you're not pushing the envelope, then you're not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing.
sacrifice medicine soldier
Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.
money buzz needs
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine
writing thinking two
Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.
growing-up events intimate
When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate.
roles scripts directors
What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.