Sean Penn

I am a limousine liberal.

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.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

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

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

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.