I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across America 20 times.

I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across America 20 times.

Sean Penn

I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.

I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

Rebel is just as bad a word as maturity.

Rebel is just as bad a word as maturity.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.

I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.

The one thing you can count on in Hollywood - across the board - is cowardice.

The one thing you can count on in Hollywood - across the board - is cowardice.

Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.

Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.

It's pretty much rock-'n'-roll. I sit down and start feeling stuff and writing.

It's pretty much rock-'n'-roll. I sit down and start feeling stuff and writing.

There is no re-inventing the wheel.

There is no re-inventing the wheel.

Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.

Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.

If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.

If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.

What difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?

What difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine

I think life's an irrational obsession.

I think life's an irrational obsession.

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

I get a little scared of words like maturity.

I get a little scared of words like maturity.

On a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.

On a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.