Penn portrayed the openly gay politician in 2008sMilkand earned his second Oscar for the film.
I went 15 years miserable on sets, Penn toldThe New York Times.
Milkwas the last time I had a good time.
Sean PennSonia Recchia / Getty Images / Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
He continued, It could not happen in a time like this.
Its a time of tremendous overreach.
Its a timid and artless policy toward the human imagination.
I was faking my way through that stuff and that was exhausting.
Mostly what I thought was just, What time is it?
When are we going to get off?
