Sean Penn

Let's find out as we go.

When I'm not on my feet, I'm in this room.

When my girlfriend is not in town, I sleep in this room.

It's the room in my house where I feel most comfortable.

But it is also a room in process of curation.

All of my personal and family stuff, there's some in here.

And I am not 45.

I'm 65.

And I can forget things that are impossible to forget.

And I look around the room and I go, I knew that guy.

Or I was in that place at that time.

So it's a room that in its own way, it's like if someone had a lot of post-its to remind them where they put their keys, which makes me very happy.

This is going to go a little sideways, but maybe in a good way.

In a way, I'd always kind of felt intuitively that it's all exactly the same thing, whether it's the acting or working with core, or I do a lot of woodwork, whatever the various kinds of things are.

What happens hopefully over time is that the utility or like what I want to turn this into a conversation about is the discussion of what one does, what their purpose is, right?

What's our purpose?

Your work as an actor is exactly the same job as your work as a craftsman or a welder or a core representative.

It just feels like

Which hammer are you picking up on that day to hopefully make a contribution?

So it could be said that if an audience member goes to a movie and recognizes something from the story or from a character that is familiar and leaves them feeling, let's say, less alone,