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My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple.
Sean Penn
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Sean Penn
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 17
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When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What was I doing believing that this person was invested in this way?' Which is a fantastically strong humiliation in the best sense. It can make somebody very bitter and very hard and closed off, but I find it does the opposite to me.
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