Robin Wright Penn - biography

“I used to ask Sean questions about acting.  He’s a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information.  I work primarily on an intuitive level.”

“It’s what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it’s never been before.  There’s nothing better than that.”

“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.”

“Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you.  Everybody is in the business.”

“We really enjoy entertaining our children with characters.  We’ll act out all of The Wizard of Oz together.”

“It makes me believe in fate.  In most cases, the readings where I’ve been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.”

“After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn’t do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland.”

“I like movies that make you think.”

“I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial.  You’re coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.”

“Sean’s movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.”

“I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.”

“I just love getting dirty.”

“It’s just poetry, beauty and love.  How hard can that be to act?”

“My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do.  That’s how we were raised.”

“Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness.  Just walking on the street you can feel it.”

“If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.”

“When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars.  And I still feel exactly the same way.”

“I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I’m not.”

“No nude scenes.  No sex-symbol parts.  I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.”

“Everyone has the answers.”

“I have always been a good mimic.”

“I have such a little face.”

“I like the whole package to be good, It’s a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.”

“I want to be perfect.  I don’t want to fail.  And you always fail.”

“I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that.  I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.”

“I would have made a lousy stripper.  I’m just not very comfortable exposing myself.”

“I’d rather attempt something I’m not sure I can do.”

“I’ve always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.”

“If you’re happy, if you’re feeling good, then nothing else matters.”

“Is that romantic fantasy real?  Um, after kids, no.  Take the kids away, I don’t know.  Depends.”

“Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.”

“My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.”

“Sean’s a great, great writer.”

“Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that...  a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.”

“Unless you’re a star in this town, you’re really nothing.”

Robin Wright Penn has appeared in the following films:
State of Grace (1990)
The Playboys (1992)
Toys (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
She’s So Lovely (1997)
Hurlyburly (1998)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Unbreakable (2000)
The Last Castle (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
The Singing Detective (2003)
Sorry, Haters (2005)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Beowulf (2007)
New York, I Love You (2008)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
New York, I Love You (2009)
State of Play (2009)