I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Painting is wonderful because its so private. Youre not beholden to a director or a producer. But acting has been really saving… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — James Franco Copy Share Image
I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I learned a lot of good things in my school. I've audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and… — James Franco Copy Share Image
There's a large chunk of me in all the parts. As an actor, I got involved largely because I want to let… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my… — James Franco Copy Share Image
The tip that Ive gotten for success in movies and other areas is to not stop doing whatever got it good. For… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Acting doesn't do very much for me. I put off school for it, but its not like it was a sacrifice or… — James Franco Copy Share Image
My work is one thing and my identity is something else, but when acting is all I had, my identity was inevitably… — James Franco Copy Share Image
In any creative endeavor, you do have to sort of take your shots. Nobody is going to beg you to go into… — James Franco Copy Share Image
School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I wanted to do serious movies. I had a certain idea of what good acting was. That's since changed, and I love… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through… — James Franco Copy Share
Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — James Franco Copy Share
I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam [Romanowsky], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the… — James Franco Copy Share
I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything. — James Franco Copy Share
I hate being an actor, they dress you and put on your makeup and you just feel like a little baby. — James Franco Copy Share
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money,… — James Franco Copy Share
I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I… — James Franco Copy Share
In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the world outside… — James Franco Copy Share
Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger, this person… — James Franco Copy Share
If you have a profession that depends on what you look like, you can't blame somebody for caring about that. It's part of their… — James Franco Copy Share
Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if… — James Franco Copy Share
