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 482 times. – Sean Penn
When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate. – Sean Penn
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. – Sean Penn
I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can’t really be felt, truly, by one. – Sean Penn
Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It’s just figuring out what to do with it. – Sean Penn
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. – Sean Penn
In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you’re not paid a lot as an actor. – Sean Penn
When I buy a Nikon camera, I have no tolerance for the instructions. I’m ready to make some mistakes using it and get some bad pictures back until I’ve figured it out for myself. – Sean Penn
There’s a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged. – Sean Penn
The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus. – Sean Penn
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies. – Sean Penn
We’ve let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it’s only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage. – Sean Penn
I’m always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it. – Sean Penn
