Sean Penn Quotes

Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.

I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.

It's good to have hobbies.

I have hobbies.

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

There is work, and there is pleasure; acting is pleasure.

I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.

I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things.

I don't mind playing or watching a movie or sitting down.

When I'm not working, I don't do lots of glamorous things.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

I try to do my best to have fun off the court.

Leisure is not synonymous with time. Nor is it a noun. Leisure is a verb. I leisure. You leisure.

When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.

I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?

When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I'm not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I don't want that. I just want to be true. I want to be... I want to serve music. I want to be honest.