Craft comes into acting later rather than sooner. I was somebody who had to learn through a process - a natural actor… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself specifically political, you know? I think of working as an actor as being a human thing. The concerns… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Hal Holbrook was in one of my first television movies when I was about 18 or 19. He'd made such a strong… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I cannot tell you that I ever fell in love with the theater as an audience. I fell in love with the… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
A lot of critics sometimes get into analyzing the way actors direct versus non-actors directing. And they really always miss it. It's… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Selling a movie feels like a hustle to every bone in my body. Many actors have careers dominated by modeling. They're all… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I consider myself fortunate that in my home, acting or the creative arts were a good option. This was a respected tour… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
A SWAT team surrounded my house and came in every door. But it happened because on the day that we split up, Madonna developed… — Sean Penn Copy Share
The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that… — Sean Penn Copy Share
A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact. Frankly, I'm still… — Sean Penn Copy Share
I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making… — Sean Penn Copy Share
That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too. — Sean Penn Copy Share
In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor. — Sean Penn Copy Share
It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama. — Sean Penn Copy Share
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies… — Sean Penn Copy Share
I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where… — Sean Penn Copy Share
Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want to feel… — Sean Penn Copy Share
Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of… — Sean Penn Copy Share
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies. — Sean Penn Copy Share
Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine. — Sean Penn Copy Share
There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in… — Sean Penn Copy Share
