Monday, Jul. 09, 2001

Sean Penn

By Dennis Hopper

Sean Penn--

Never flubs a line. Goes to where the action is. Prepares...prepares...becomes. Will throw a punch at a photog or anyone who provokes him. Is a stand-up guy. A man's man. A trusted friend. An actor's actor. A wonderful poet, screenwriter, director. Father of Dylan and Hopper Jack. Even sober, the one to party with. Enjoy the differences in each of his performances. Dark energy exploding like a sun. Shows up everyone with his brilliance. Lives in a moment-to-moment reality. Uses all his senses in his work. Makes the accident work for him.

Sean Penn--He is an amazing actor, man, friend.

Dennis Hopper is an actor, writer and director. He and Penn collaborated in the Hopper-directed film Colors in 1988 and in Penn's directorial debut, The Indian Runner, in 1991