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.

What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

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