“Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for Chris] and Marlon Brando was going to play the character that Hal Holbrook eventually played. But then when it wasn't to be and there was no promise that it ever would be I think some part of me didn't want to attach specifics to it anymore - actors or anything else - because I wanted to see it made that much more badly.” ThinkingWantFirstsWellsMadePlayCharacterWould BeWantedActorsInterestingPromiseFirst TimeLeonardoBrandoSpecifics 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
“Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they on him. To talk to them was very moving in many cases because they talk about him like they saw him yesterday. In most cases they knew this kid for a couple of weeks in their whole life and he just lasted with them.” PeopleWellsMadeRealWholeKidsMovingCasesSawsWeekCoupleWhole LifeYesterdayImpressionMoving InVery Moving Author:Sean Penn
“Well, I'm pretty anti legends - I just don't think they're useful. So that certainly wouldn't be my intention. But will it contribute to that? Sure. Any medicine can be mis-used. But I think that there is a great courage, innocence and magic to him that more than a legend is about connection.” ThinkingWellsUsedMagicConnectionsMedicineIntentionInnocenceLegends Author:Sean Penn
“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.” WellsLooksLittlesHelpingLaughingSummerBlockbuster Author:Sean Penn
“Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.” WellsMayNationsSacrificeProveMedicineSoldierSeparationInnocentTemporarySovereignCiviliansUnprecedentedAmerican Soldier Author:Sean Penn
“Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.” ThinkingWritingWellsTwoCasesSpecialDirectSpecial Places Author:Sean Penn
