Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they on him. To talk to them was very moving in many cases because they talk about him like they saw him yesterday. In most cases they knew this kid for a couple of weeks in their whole life and he just lasted with them.
Sean PennA child gets a fever in the United States and it's high enough and sustainable enough, all of us can bring a child to an emergency room. Most Haitians never had that opportunity. They didn't have the emergency room to bring them to. Virtually every time your child has 102 fever, you wait for it to die and you have no clean water to give it.
Sean PennI don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.
Sean PennLove is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.
Sean PennI don't want to lie, play games, hurt somebody, or get hurt. You can only go forward in one direction.
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