When you act in a film, you're inevitably surrounded by people you didn't choose, right down to the set painter. I like being able to pick the family I'm waking up to in the morning that's going to make this… — 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 one of those things where, by not being practitioners, they just came up with something that made sense… — 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
