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I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.

Dawn Steel

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Dawn Steel
American - Businesswoman
August 19, 1946 - December 20, 1997

When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same time, it was 'Falcon and the Snowman' and 'Bad Boys' from Sean Penn.

Aidan Gillen

As a kid, as a young actor, I really wanted to pop. I wanted to create something different. I wanted to be Sean Penn, but I didn't have all the words to be Sean Penn. But I was trying to do something different in every role.

Matthew Lillard

When Sean came to meet my parents, the first thing my dad did when he picked him up at the airport was to take him right to a shooting range. My dad was like, 'I want to see how he shoots.'

Kemp Muhl

I remember lying to my producer that I'd heard Sean Penn was coming out of a different exit, just to avoid him - he was punching journalists left, right and centre at that point.

Paul Kaye

When you do a movie in the studio system, there's a committee. A committee of six or seven people you answer to. There's two or three producers, a studio executive and one or two people above that studio executive.

Thomas Lennon

I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn.

Trey Parker

Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back.

Joe Dante

I'd love to work with Sean Penn or Kevin Spacey.

Devon Bostick

Sean Penn has never become the lighter, laughing guy.

Elvis Mitchell

I understand Sean Penn. He has every right to look for El Chapo.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

There's no way you ask Sean Penn a question and then, you're gonna be HUGE !

Louis C. K.

I've always been drawn to stories involving brothers, which started with my first viewing of Sean Penn's, 'The Indian Runner.' This subsequently lead to my working with my two brothers, Scott & Brad. I couldn't imagine a greater gift in the business.

Dean Winters

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

James Gray

I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

Penn Jillette

I remember when I was about 18, Sean Penn made a bet with me. He had just directed his first movie, and he's like, 'By the time you're 30, I will bet you $500 that you'll be sick of acting.' I'm still waiting to collect, because I'm not.

Winona Ryder

When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

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