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Sean Penn
Related When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate... JOHN SEXTON When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rum... AIDAN GILLEN I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push mysel... SAMAIRE ARMSTRONG I'm no snapshot artist. I make very careful choices always, even if I'm using a 35mm camera. RUTH BERNHARD I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; ... SAL MINEO I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely deb... KOBE BRYANT I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a g... ALDEN EHRENREICH I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but th... MARTIN SCORSESE As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dish... GIL SCOTT-HERON I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I w... MAGGIE Q I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical si... KATHERINE JENKINS I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my proper... ROBERT REDFORD I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do th... ANNIE POTTS I never want to repeat myself. I can't imagine anything else as upsetting as realizing I'm r... DOUG LIMAN I have a no-apology policy. No apologies for jokes. I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ... KATHY GRIFFIN I've certainly done some turkeys along the way and made some dumb choices in my career, mostly e... GEORGE CLOONEY Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it'... BROOKE SHIELDS So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to ... CRAIG MCCRACKEN I don't see myself as a full-time broadcaster. I've done some of it, and I enjoy it, but I d... ARNOLD PALMER Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing... NATE HOLLAND I've been using a computer for quite some time, and I don't understand everything. BETTY PARSONS It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the mater... ERIC BOGOSIAN I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm... JAY KAY It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm... BENY STEINMETZ When I have a bad show, I can't wait until I can get back on stage to forget about it. KATE MICUCCI I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense t... GRACIE ALLEN I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I&... DANNII MINOGUE I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself... R. KELLY It's not part of my ambition to become fabulously rich. My plan was always to make my pictures, ... GARY HUME It turns out that I've become a pretty good werewolf actor. I'm going to have to try to get ... KRIS HOLDEN-RIED It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd... KEELEY HAWES I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm c... JANELLE MONAE I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ... NAOMI SCOTT If I want to calm down, I'll buy some fabric, get a pattern, shut myself in a room and stay ther... TWIGGY I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm s... DREW BARRYMORE When I become prime minister, I'm going to buy one of those Margaret Thatcher handbags, and I... PIM FORTUYN Insomnia is a very prevalent issue. It's a women's health issue, and I chose to talk about i... JENNY LEWIS It's been a long career, and I've made some mistakes along the way. RUPERT MURDOCH When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents... DAVID HENRIE I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time... DAVID BOWIE When I'm playing Big Momma, it's so much work that all I want to do, when I'm finished, ... MARTIN LAWRENCE I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to a... JOHN MADDEN Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to ma... ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep thos... SELENA GOMEZ And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll ha... JIM VALVANO Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others... CECELIA AHERN When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted... JACKSON POLLOCK I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like... JACKI WEAVER I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one th... JOHN MALKOVICH It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It'... ALAN ALDA Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their... CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we ... CURTIS JACKSON I never have written a movie, but there are some bad movies out there. I can make one. I definitely ... HANNIBAL BURESS I'm still awaiting the idea of drawing comics for a living being a reality. I feel like I've... ADAM HUGHES I think there's a tendency with some women especially to internalize and think, 'I have to b... LYNNE DOUGHTIE I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm ... PAUL WELLER I'm a magician. I've learned to do some really cool tricks like levitating myself and meltin... BLAKE MICHAEL I'm 27. I feel like I get it. I'm OK with being sexy if I feel like it. Some days I'm br... NELLY FURTADO I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on sw... IAN THORPE I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've ma... SELMA BLAIR I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm ... VALERIE HARPER I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, '... HANK AZARIA I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them b... JAMES MATTIS Some people feel stronger in their 30s. I'm 34. I've noticed I do feel stronger now than whe... HOLLY HOLM I figured we needed to step up and get some kind of edge back. Usually hitting 3-pointers gives us t... AMBER BACON I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some d... BILL RICHARDSON See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It... RONDA ROUSEY I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I... STEVEN WRIGHT When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty... MARIO LEMIEUX If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm d... RACHAEL TAYLOR You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it ... LAUREN HOLLY For me, I've always found people who stand up and spritz themselves all over their clothes very ... POPPY DELEVINGNE When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat th... BEAR GRYLLS I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In eve... C. C. H. POUNDER I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have poster... HUGH JACKMAN I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage... CHRISTINA AGUILERA I'm not sure I'm quite ready to have someone be a prospector of jobs for me, because I belie... AUDREY TAUTOU The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of ... CARLY FIORINA I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and... FAMKE JANSSEN A good meal is very important to me. When I have a bad meal, especially out, it's like I'm s... JOSH ELLIOTT Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with i... NICOLE KIDMAN I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna ge... BUDDY GUY I used to look back at pictures and cringe but actually I'm quite proud that I've had fun wi... EMMA WATSON For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have... LUCY DAVIS I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Chris... KRISTA TIPPETT Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make ... ADAM SANDLER I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal w... IGGY AZALEA The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra.... MARTIN GARRIX I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, ... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO I have decided to leave Facebook and Oculus to work on curing diseases using some new imaging techno... MARY LOU JEPSEN I'm pretty hard on myself when it comes to my voice, and certain notes I'm afraid to hit bec... CASSADEE POPE While I'm more of a soccer and tennis fan myself, I still enjoying catching some football games ... MARCUS SAMUELSSON So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free... PAUL WESTERBERG You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I'm not going to freak out about it. I'm not ... ANTHONY BOURDAIN Honestly, I don't really read about myself. I look at the pictures sometimes. Sometimes I'm ... CAROLINE WOZNIACKI I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different... VIC MORROW I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from be... DR. SEUSS When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've alm... DANIEL DAY-LEWIS I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned... TARON EGERTON The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunit... SELENA GOMEZ
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WILLIAM PENN Equivocation is half-way to lying, and lying the whole way to hell WILLIAM PENN Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is th... WILLIAM PENN The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the exi... PENN JILLETTE The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. He’s about double... PENN JILLETTE Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird ki... PENN JILLETTE I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week pr... PENN JILLETTE I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same col... PENN JILLETTE Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works. WILLIAM PENN Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. 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