Quote

I do not believe in a simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil. I believe this is a big world full of men, women, and children who struggle to eat, to love, to work, to protect their families, their beliefs, and their dreams.

Sean Penn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sean Penn
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 17
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Lgbtqia+ Rights Activist
Political Activist
Politician
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Santa Monica
California
Sean Justin Penn
Pappy Pariah
Believe
Full
Simplistic
Good
Belief
Beliefs
Men
Evil
Families
Love
Bigs
View
World
Dream
Protect
Women
Dreams
Children
Views
Work
Struggle
Inflammatory

More quotes by Sean Penn

Image
One of the reasons people sell out so quickly is because even the talented think they're frauds. It's a culture that doesn't encourage people to believe in the work they do. You're told to second-guess yourself all the time. That's where I think a little hostility and arrogance can save you. And I've never been lacking for either.
Sean Penn
Image
Yeah, I had a tremendous time shooting in Nebraska. I like that state a lot, all over it.
Sean Penn
Image
The greatest fear in my life was getting happy. I'm not so afraid of that anymore.
Sean Penn
Image
Bukowski said, I know I'm good, so I like that people think I'm bad, because it gives me a dimension, effortlessly.
Sean Penn
Image
I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.
Sean Penn
Image
There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved.
Sean Penn
Image
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.
Sean Penn
Image
I have a regret that the entire discussion [with El Chapo]... ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute to this discussion about the policy in the War on Drugs.
Sean Penn
Image
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.
Sean Penn
Image
There is no re-inventing the wheel.
Sean Penn
Image
It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.
Sean Penn
Image
You tolerate me. You really tolerate me!
Sean Penn
Image
I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela.
Sean Penn
Image
Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.
Sean Penn
Image
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.
Sean Penn
Image
It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.
Sean Penn
Image
You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.
Sean Penn
Image
That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.
Sean Penn
Image
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.
Sean Penn
Image
A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact. Frankly, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing there and what I was supposed to add in that context! What's more, Terry Malick himself never managed to explain it to me clearly.
Sean Penn