“The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that first and say yes to people like Terrence Malick and Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen when they come and offer you movies. It's a great front row seat to filmmaking.” PeopleGivingFirstsYoungActorsSuccessfulAdviceFrontsOffersDirectorsVersionsSeatsFilmmakingWoodyMovie Actors Author:Sean Penn
“Whatever I was able to do with those experiences certainly contribute to whatever I'm able to do as a director. The corruption in that is that most of what I acted in the last 10 years was to steal film school time from these guys. Those were the people I thought I could learn from as a director.” PeopleYearsAbleSchoolLastsFilmGuyDirectorsCorruptionStealingFilm SchoolSchool Time Author:Sean Penn
“I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.” ActorsParticularDirectorsExcitement Author:Sean Penn
“What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.” IfsDifferentHappensRolesDirectorsScriptsTapping 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
“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
