186 Quotes by Sean Penn

On any movie I’m involved with, I say what I think.

There’s a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.

I regret my El Chapo interview didn’t spark debate about the war on drugs.

I’m not good at talking to strangers, whether they’re sick children or they’re – I’m just not good. I’m shy with it.

It’s only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn’t have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.

I think life’s an irrational obsession.

The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that first and say yes to people like Terrence Malick and Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen when they come and offer you movies. It’s a great front row seat to filmmaking.

I don’t think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one’s soul and of the culture that they’re supposed to be feeding vitamins to...