James Franco quotes

James Franco is an American actor, filmmaker, and academic known for his versatile roles in film and television. His performances in movies such as "127 Hours" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy have earned him international recognition. He is also known for his interest in education and involvement in various artistic projects. Here are 40 of his quotes:

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. (James Franco)
I still don't like going to bed alone. View quote
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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. View quote
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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium. View quote
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I'm gay in my art and straight in my life. View quote
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But I don't want to die! I have so much to do! View quote
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A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick. View quote
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Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another. View quote
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I was kind of scared of failing at acting. View quote
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I become kind of obsessive about research. View quote
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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. (James Franco)
My style is casual-chic? Casual-messy? View quote
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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. View quote
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There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers. View quote
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School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more. View quote
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish. View quote
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I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self. View quote
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When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously. (James Franco)
When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces. View quote
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When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid. View quote
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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do. View quote
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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. View quote
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James Franco

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Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: April 19, 1978
Quotes count: 40
Wikipedia: James Franco

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