“Bukowski said, "I know I'm good, so I like that people think I'm bad, because it gives me a dimension, effortlessly."” PeopleThinkingGiving Author:Sean Penn
“Reputations are maintained by the outside world, and they're created by it, too, by and large. And they serve as a hell of a device for privacy, because the more people look for something that's not there, the less chance they have of violating who you are. It's like going out there with a mask on, without having to exercise your upper body to put it on.” PeopleWorldChanceHellExerciseWho You AreReputationPrivacyMask Author:Sean Penn
“I don't read newspapers too much , just because they tend to make me feel I have a political obligation that I think is a distraction from what my political offerings are going to be if I just make my movies.” ThinkingPoliticalObligationDistraction Author:Sean Penn
“I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where you're putting your energies. That's changing a lot.” DifferentGuyEnergyAspiration Author:Sean Penn
“The greatest fear in my life was getting happy. I'm not so afraid of that anymore.” Author:Sean Penn
“There's the old notion that where there's choice, there's chaos, and where there's no choice, there's clarity. If you've got no choice, you've gotta be there, and you've gotta have your heart in it. It leads to a much less self-conscious life.” HeartChoicesChaosClarity Author:Sean Penn
“On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper to my cameraman, I like to whisper to my actors, and whoever else I've gotten to whisper to.” CalmInvisible Author:Sean Penn
“I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable.” ThinkingSecretShareValuableMemoir Author:Damian Barr
“People ask, "Do you enjoy acting?" But you only have those specific few hours to do a scene, and then you drive home and wait for six months to find out how it went. You can't go back and put in a new idea. Filming is about continuing to be alert and to think, and I find it quite exhausting. Certainly I would say that fear is a part of that.” PeopleThinkingHomeWaitingEnjoyHoursActingScene Author:Eddie Redmayne
