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
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
Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for Chris] and Marlon Brando was going to play the character that Hal Holbrook eventually played. But then when it wasn't to be and there was no promise that it ever would be I think some…” quote by Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d2/sean-penn-3005_actors_well-it-was-interesting-because-when-i-w_2958785.jpg)
