“The heartbreak that it might not happen wasn't something that I wanted to face with any more weight. Then, when I got the call to go ahead I never thought for a second as I was approaching it who I would get - that would come later. Again, I think the idea was that I now had the rights to make the movie and I can start writing it but if I have to wait another 10 years before I find an actor that's right for it, I'd be very happy to do that.” IfsThinkingWritingYearsHeartI CanIdeasMightHappensWantedFacesActorsWaitingRightsWeightVery Happy Author:Sean Penn
“It's a foreground of my feeling. That place moves me. And I don't mean my country; it's part of our shared natural world that happens to be particular to a sense of wherever my storytelling inclinations come from and my own history of kind of being a road rat and travelling.” WorldKindMeanCountryFeelingsHappensMovingNaturalMy OwnParticularStorytellingRatsInclinationNatural WorldForeground Author:Sean Penn
“I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsCountryHappensCan DoCircumstancesGood ThingsHaiti Author:Sean Penn
“I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.” KnowsHappensActorsAdsModelingShampoo 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
