Sean Penn is "glad" he is old and won't have to "deal with" where the world is heading in the near future

He said: "I'm a little frustrated with the world. I'm glad I'm old and won't be having to deal with where this stuff is going.

"We give too much of a s*** about what we are going to be accused of by people who want to be self-righteous because they can get a quick reward.

"And they're self-righteous hypocritically - they damn this, but don't worry about why kids are being bombed in Yemen, because it's not getting them into a club right away."

Sean's latest directorial project has seen him helm movie 'Flag Day', which is based on Jennifer Vogel's 2004 memoir 'Flim-Flam Man : a true family history' about her bank robber and conman father John Vogel.

Penn portrays John in the motion picture, and he cast his daughter Dylan Penn, 30 - who he shares with ex-wife Robin Wright - as Jennifer, but admitted he pushed her quite hard "emotionally" at times during filming.

He added to the i newspaper: "Very early on, it was her face that I was attaching to [the role].

"At one point, I almost felt I should be calling child protective services on myself for putting her through it emotionally."

In October, Sean's wife Leila George filed for divorce just over a year after they married in July 2020.

The news came after it was previously claimed Sean - who also has son Hopper, 28, with Robin - had to "win back" Leila after their romance began as an on/off relationship in 2016 and continued for several years until the last time they went their separate ways, which prompted the actor to "work hard" on fixing their bond.