It’s been a very old thing for people to gather together and laugh at stuff. The first comedian in America really was Abraham Lincoln. He used to go to a pub near where he lived and stand in front of the fire and he packed the place every night and he would just talk and bust everybody in their guts. He was just a hilarious speaker and that’s what he did.

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

Perception is created and twisted so quickly.

I'm not raising the children, I'm raising the grown ups that they're going to be.

Here's how my brain works: It's stupidity, followed by self-hatred, and then further analysis.

One time, I threw a candy wrapper on the street. I was with a friend who said to me, You just littered on the street! Don't you care about the environment? And I thought about it, and I said, You know what? This isn't the environment. This is New York City. New York City is not the environment. New York City is a giant piece of litter. Next to Mexico City, it's the shittiest piece of litter in the world. Just a pussy, runny, smokin', stinkin' piece of litter.

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.