Sean Penn

I am a limousine liberal.

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.

Hal Holbrook was in one of my first television movies when I was about 18 or 19. He'd made such a strong impression on me and a lasting one in terms of what being an actor was.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.