“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
“Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want to feel your life while you're living it?" You know, there's somewhere to go that was here before we were and is going to be here after us, so get out there in it. It doesn't take somebody who's got some self-important sense of their own attachment to nature to recognise that you're just stupid if you don't go out there.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsWellsKindMeanImportantSelfAliveStupidAttachmentRecogniseStaying Alive Author:Sean Penn
“A SWAT team surrounded my house and came in every door. But it happened because on the day that we split up, Madonna developed a concern that if she were to return to the house, she would get a very severe haircut.” IfsHouseHappenedDoorsTeamReturnConcernSplitsSevereHaircuts 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
“That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.” IfsFeelsMeanLevelsPureRomantic Love Author:Sean Penn
“If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.” IfsTwoGamesWillingAhead Of The Game Author:Sean Penn
“So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.” IfsSpeakOffersOriginalsOrigin Of Life Author:Sean Penn
“Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the same old, same old, if you're not pushing the envelope, then you're not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing.” IfsPoliticalNewsPushingGood MovieEnvelopesPushing The Envelope 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
“If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.” IfsSarcasticDisgustingPeersMovie Business Author:Sean Penn
“I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.” IfsThinkingWayEyeSupportRightsGayEqualShameGood TimesGrandchildrenEqual RightsGay MarriageAnticipateBansMarriage EqualityAgainst Gay Marriage 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
