Sean Penn Quotes
I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making a horrible contribution.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
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There were days when I was on the last $10 in my account, and I was freaking out about paying rent or buying groceries. Then you book a commercial, and you're good for another three months.
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One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.
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I've had an amazing career.
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'Tusk' was clearly a line in the sand that I drew.
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This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from.
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Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.
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I can see why people change. You get complimented all the time, driven around in a black SUV - your life is crazy. But that's your career, not you.
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The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.
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I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making a horrible contribution.
