“When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What was I doing believing that this person was invested in this way?' Which is a fantastically strong humiliation in the best sense. It can make somebody very bitter and very hard and closed off, but I find it does the opposite to me.” WayBelievePersonsDoeHardStrongOppositesBitterHumiliationDivorced Author:Sean Penn
“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 trying to figure out what I'm doing there and what I was supposed to add in that context! What's more, Terry Malick himself never managed to explain it to me clearly.” TryingStillsFilmOpinionFiguresImpactAddNarrativeConventional Author:Sean Penn
“I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.” IfsShouldKindMomentsHouseInterestWonderMy FamilyAnarchyBurnedLiberating Author:Sean Penn
“I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to.” ThinkingSoulCultureLevelsForeverTalentMurderSupposed To BeGet AwayBowlsFeedingToiletsVitamins Author:Sean Penn
“I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.” WayMadeI CanLightSituation Author: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.” MistakeReadyCamerasToleranceInstructionNikon Author:Sean Penn
“The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.” WritingDifferentProcessActing Author:Sean Penn
“Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.” PeopleFeelsArtHunger Author:Sean Penn
“I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.” I CanActorsDirectorsDirecting Movies Author:Sean Penn
“I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across America 20 times.” AmericaGoneDriversRats Author:Sean Penn
“There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.” DirectorsSpendingTheatreExcitement Author:Sean Penn
“Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking.” MenMadeActingWalkingYeahDead Man Author:Sean Penn
