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James Franco [1978-0] American

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Actor

James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. His first prominent acting role was the lead character Daniel Desario on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks.

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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.	Teacher	101
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.	Good, Love, Work	102
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.	Art, Work	103
I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.		104
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.	Movies, Music	105
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it.	Music	106
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.		107
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.	Art	108
It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.	Sad	109
My style is casual-chic? Casual-messy?		110
I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.		111
I become kind of obsessive about research.		112
Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.		113
I view filmmaking as a director's medium.		114
I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.		115
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.		116
I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.		117
I still don't like going to bed alone.	Alone	118
I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.		119
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.		120
Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director.	Trust	121
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.		122
I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.		123
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.		124
I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.		125
I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read any reviews because I didn't find them to be very helpful.		126
My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.		201
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.		202
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.		203
I was kind of scared of failing at acting.		204
When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.		205
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.	Mom	206
It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.		207
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.		208
But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!		209
The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'		210
The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or film; normally you don't see a film actor going to do a soap.		211
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.		212
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.		213
One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.		214
When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it's absurd. There's something to just being spontaneous.		215
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.		216
I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.		217
In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.		218
My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.		219
When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to tell their story, and that's the number one priority.		220
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.		221
I don't like sleeping in a bed.		222
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.		223
I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.		224
I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.		225
Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.		226
I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.		301
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.'		302
When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write.		303
If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.		304

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