James Franco Quotes
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I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.
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There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.
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The first piece of art that I ever bought-when I could afford it-was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was just getting out of doing commercial work and more into art. It's a sketch of a young guy's face. I guess the gallery that I bought it from thought I would like it because the young guy kind of looked like James Dean.
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I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'
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My style is casual-chic? Casual-messy?
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I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
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I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.
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I view filmmaking as a director's medium.
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If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.
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Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.
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When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.
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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.
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My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.
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It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.
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My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.
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I was kind of scared of failing at acting.
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I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.
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I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
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I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.
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If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.
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When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.
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Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.
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My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.