“Read Frank’s poem, “Advice to the Players.” It talks about all of this, about the human need to create.” — James Franco Copy Share Image
Adapting a book is essentially a collaboration, whether the author is alive or dead. — James Franco Copy Share Image
I have a lot of books optioned. This one sat around for a while - part of that was just because I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
If you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain… — James Franco Copy Share Image
One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I think it helps the writers to sell their books, if they announce my attachment, but it doesn't mean that I'm going… — James Franco Copy Share Image
When I read the book [The Adderall Diaries] I loved it, and I maybe had an inkling that there was a lot… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I loved the book [The Adderall Diaries] I optioned it, I think some years ago. But there's a lot of different threads… — James Franco Copy Share Image
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… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Most of the books that I've adapted I'm doing because I love the book and I feel like it's a great work… — James Franco Copy Share Image
In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the… — 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
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![“I loved the book [The Adderall Diaries] I optioned it, I think some years ago. But there's a lot of different threads in the book. It starts off as one thing, where he's trying to cover this murder trial, and then his own life starts to impinge on that, so it becomes something else. I found that…” quote by James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/82d/james-franco-2025_adderall_i-loved-the-book-the-adderall-diaries-i_614261.jpg)
