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I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.
Sean Penn
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Sean Penn
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 17
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Sean Justin Penn
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So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.
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I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.
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Haiti, like any place, has its security problems it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law.
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