by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

Sean Penn is among the celebrities out there who believe naming your children after your favorite people and things is a brilliant route to go.
His son Hopper, for instance, was named after Sean's friend Dennis Hopper -- but that wasn't the only name on the short list before his birth.
Take a look at an interview the 22-year-old son of Sean Penn and Robin Wright recently gave while promoting his dad's movie, The Last Face, which Hopper has a role in...
Hopper on living in Los Angeles: ?L.A., unfortunately. I hate almost everything about it. I don?t fit well there, with the people. It?s very hard to find a genuine person in L.A. Also, I?m the big fan of rain and overcast weather. So it?s either Seattle or New York for me.? How he started acting: ?Two and a half years ago, my dad was working on his movie called The Last Face, and I asked if I could PA for it. He said, ?No, you?re going to act in it.? I said no, because I?m very shy; I didn?t know how to act. He said, ?Well, you?ll get paid.? So I was like, ?I?m onboard.? After the first day, I fell in love with it.

On if he worries about measuring up to his parents: ?My dad is a really good actor, and there are a lot of sh-tty actors, and I definitely think I?m one of them.?
On his unique name: ?It has to do with Dennis Hopper; my dad was friendly with him and idolized him. My dad wanted to name me Steak, the food, because he loves it so much. But my mom was never going to go for i...