Reply #46: to be honest, I think Penn is a great actor and decent director and great person...

[Triana]

...in general who is passionate in the causes he supports and I'm glad he gets involved politically as he does. He does a lot of good in the world and is very talented. He absolutely deserves the awards he's gotten.

All that said though, I'd NOT want to have to deal with him on a personal level. He strikes me as hot-tempered and very difficult to deal with in personal relationships - and like you say, self-absorbed. I like him a lot as an actor and political activist - but I bet he's a pain in the royal ass to deal with in personal relationships! Yech! Not surprised he has a rocky marriage. Not at all.

Edit: I googled Robin Wright Penn and you're right - she has quite the career herself! And of course I found all the muck about their filing for divorce and that he's fooling around and blah blah blah - the usual gossip. I don't care much about that. It did annoy me that on one site, they listed all her movie credits over the years and for "executive summary" all they put was "Sean Penn's Wife". Jeeze. The woman is one hell of a LOT MORE than just Sean Penn's wife. Puh. :puke: