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 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
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
