Sean Penn movie quotes

“Is God good? I don't know. All I know is something might give you comfort. And maybe you deserve it. If it comforts you to believe in God, you do it, that's Your business. People have guilty, you know, guilty secrets, well if that's yours, that you want to go believe in something, well that's not so bad.”
Sean Penn - Jim

“- James Murray: Who's she?
- Dr. William Chester Minor: The impossible.
- James Murray: The more impossible, the greater the love.
- Dr. William Chester Minor: Do you truly believe that? My heart is so sick.
- James Murray: Well... what I know of love is that the sickness often becomes the cure.”
Mel Gibson - James Murray
Sean Penn - Dr. William Chester Minor

“They can rebuild the White House, but they will never forget me. Not ever.”

Sean Penn - Samuel J. Bicke

“People like you don't know what is like to get hurted. Because you don't have feelings. People like you don't feel anything!”

Sean Penn - Sam Dawson

“There’s only one rule: you save your own ass.”
Sean Penn - Kleinfeld

“You believe in the angels or the saints or there's such a thing as a state of grace. And you believe it, but it's got nothing to do with reality. It's just an idea.”
Sean Penn - Terry Noonan

“- Rita: I just don't know what to call you: retarded, mentally retarded, mentally handicapped, mentally disabled, intellectually handicapped, intellectually disabled, developementally disabled...
- Sam Dawson: You can call me Sam.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Rita
Sean Penn - Sam Dawson

“- Maureen Murphy Quinn: I wanna take beer bottles and smash 'em over people's heads.
- Eddie Quinn: Ok.
- Maureen Murphy Quinn: I just wanna, I wanna smash 'em.
- Eddie Quinn: Ok.
- Maureen Murphy Quinn: 'Cause I love you.”
Robin Wright - Maureen Murphy Quinn
Sean Penn - Eddie Quinn

“- Mitch Racine: Mr. Cohen, I swear to God...
- Mickey Cohen: You're talkin' to God, Mitch, so you might as well swear to me.”
James Landry Hébert - Mitch Racine
Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen

“Story of my life. Some bum's always trying to steal what's mine.”
Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen

“So this is death's waiting room.”

Sean Penn - Paul Rivers

“- Eddie Quinn: Hey, don't blame her! What difference does it make what she says, what she feels, what she thinks? For whatever reason, she belongs to me.
- Joey: Yeah, you two pricks belong together.”

Sean Penn - Eddie Quinn
John Travolta - Joey

“- Sister Helen Prejean: You are a son of God.
- Matthew Poncelet: Thank you. I've never been called a son of God before. I've been called a son of a you-know-what plenty of times, but I've never been called a son of God.”
Susan Sarandon - Sister Helen Prejean
Sean Penn - Matthew Poncelet

“- Thomas Janes: Talent excuses cruelty. Don't you know that?
- Rich Janes: Not talent. Genius maybe. You're talented, Thomas. The world is full of talented assholes.”
Sean Penn - Thomas Janes
Josh Lucas - Rich Janes

“- Brad Hamilton: Hey, you guys had shirts on when you came in here.
- Jeff Spicoli: Well, something must have happened to them.”

Judge Reinhold - Brad Hamilton
Sean Penn - Jeff Spicoli

“Whores don't grow trees. They're like mustangs. You gotta catch 'em wild and break 'em before you train them to do tricks.”
Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen

“- Darlene: Are you aware that you're yelling?
- Eddie: My voice is raised in emphasis. It's a perfectly legitimate use of volume.”
Robin Wright - Darlene
Sean Penn - Eddie

“- Jack Whalen: You expecting some trouble, Mickey? You lookin' for some?
- Mickey Cohen: My dog, Mickey Junior... he shits more trouble than you're gonna give me.”
Sullivan Stapleton - Jack Whalen
Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen

“There is a number hidden in every act of life, in every aspect of the universe.”
Sean Penn - Paul Rivers

“- Mick O'Brien: I'm sorry about your little brother, Moreno.
- Paco Moreno: You really break my heart, you know that? I'm sorry about your old lady. I'm sorry I didn't get to finish the job.”
Sean Penn - Mick O'Brien
Esai Morales - Paco Moreno

“How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death. Everyone.”
Sean Penn - Paul Rivers

“Did you know that eating alone could cause kidney damage?”
Sean Penn - Paul Rivers

“- Darlene: I don't care.
- Eddie: What do you mean, you don't care?
- Darlene: It doesn't matter to me anymore.
- Eddie: No, it matters, and you care. What you mean is it doesn't make any difference!”
Robin Wright - Darlene
Sean Penn - Eddie

“Beautiful things don't ask for attention.”

Sean Penn - Sean O'Connell

“You heard of Manifest Destiny? That's when you take what you can when you can. The greasers took it from the redskins and we took it from them. And I'm gonna take it all from you, Jack, and not just because I can. But because this is my destiny. Los Angeles is my fucking destiny, you motherfucker.”

Sean Penn - Mickey Cohen