With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sean's a great, great writer.
Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.
Sean Penn's really the only one stupid enough to put anything down on paper.
The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties with that editor.
I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn.
In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
Some people, especially literary people, they think, 'I'll write this original script, and it will be full of ideas. I'll submit it, and they'll hire me for television.' That's not the case.
When a director is also a writer, everyone on the production looks to him, knowing he gave birth to the idea. There's a different level of viability.
Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.
I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.