Sean Penn Quotes
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.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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There's nothing more American than movies.
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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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Movies are too literal.
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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The fact of the matter is, it's hard to find good movies, period.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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I sort of approach wrestling the way Johnny Depp approaches movies. I don't really care necessarily what I'm portraying.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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There's so much that goes into a film that I feel like it's a bit arrogant to say, 'Oh, I never watch my own movies.' Well, it's not just you. There's a whole host of other people. So much skill goes into it. But I would say it does take a couple times seeing it to get a level of perspective.
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There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them from the outside in relation to others in their world.
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No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
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I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sake of making movies and takes big risks.
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Did you know that true love asks for nothing?
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So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.
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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.
