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
bad burn except family house interest life sort
I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things.
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.
directors few spending watching
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.
burns cigarette funny
There are some cigarette burns in some funny places.
people strength
There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.
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.
hal impression lasting movies terms
Hal Holbrook was in one of my first television movies when I was about 18 or 19. He'd made such a strong impression on me and a lasting one in terms of what being an actor was.
drunk family feeling partly reason
Family makes me feel there's a reason I'm alive... I'm feeling my life, which I didn't always do partly because I'd be drunk a lot.
life loved saying shame
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.
bone careers dominated feels good hustle ought people practice selling turns
Selling a movie feels like a hustle to every bone in my body. Many actors have careers dominated by modeling. They're all over the place. It turns me off. People who are good at what they do ought to practice something bigger.
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.