'Y ou know, just to get one of them is something most actors don't get to do, and for a long time I didn't think I'd ever get one, let alone two."
Sean Penn is talking about Academy Awards. His first was a Best Actor Oscar for 2003's dark drama "Mystic River"; his second, also for Best Actor, was earned this year for his portrayal of a real-life person, openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, in the film "Milk."
In his acceptance speech at February's ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Penn, who's renowned for being outspoken, moody and often aggressive (and in past times violent toward photographers), said, "I did not expect this, and I want it to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me," before going on to salute fellow nominee and "brother" Mickey Rourke for his recent much-heralded movie comeback.