Every actor will have a role in which they simply play themselves, and of course they do this pretty well. Jeff Spicoli was the most honest display of who Sean Penn is. Who Sean Penn has become since then has been on a downward and wretched spiral ever since.
"Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of vice president [Nicolas] Maduro."
- Sean Penn,
as reported in The Guardian, 6 Mar 2013 "A million children left behind as Venezuela crisis tears families apart. As the country battles economic collapse, parents have been forced to migrate, leaving their offspring in the care of family, neighbours or sometimes alone"
- Also reported in The Guardian, 20 Feb 2020 He has doubled down on the strength of leadership and character of Hugo Chavez (his "friend") time and time again.
What he decided to do with his guns, and the resulting image below, is a powerful allegory for the trajectory of his mind and character over the course of decades of alcohol and drug abuse, the ever smoother grey matter that resulted therefrom, the narcissistic failure to distinguish himself from his various dramatis personae, and an unquenchable thirst for attention. Millions of neurons fused together into a muted and non-functioning mass of tribute to oneself.
Jeff Koons Made a Sculpture Out of Sean Penn’s Gun Collection "The highest bidder gets every single one of my guns put in the hands of this iconic artist and sculptor…Koons will decommission [and] render inactive all of my cowardly killing machines."
The highest bidder, edging out Piers Morgan, was Anderson Copper - $1.4MM