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> [We tell specific stories about ourselves to ourselves and we're all the heroes of our own lives. But you live through certain experiences with other people, and sometimes they have very different takes on what happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/we-tell-specific-stories-about-ourselves-to-ourselves-and-we-re-all/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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## More by James Franco

> [I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-love-that-the-idea-of-examining-memory-and-the-way-memory-is-edited/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/reviews-about-film-acting-are-very-tricky-because-movies-are-such-a/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [ I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam \[Romanowsky\], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-went-to-nyu-graduate-film-school-and-met-pam-romanowsky-and-after/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-was-a-black-center-in-the-middle-of-all-the-nature-i-was-nothing/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [I hate being an actor, they dress you and put on your makeup and you just feel like a little baby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-hate-being-an-actor-they-dress-you-and-put-on-your-makeup-and-you/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/always-have-one-artistic-thing-that-is-pure-at-least-one-thing-where/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-ve-been-acting-for-many-years-now-and-i-find-there-s-nothing-i/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/the-wind-came-in-languid-gusts-like-whispered-reminders/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/in-a-movie-a-book-or-a-play-a-character-doesn-t-live-in-a-vacuum-she/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger, this person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/anyone-has-outside-influences-they-are-the-results-of-the-cosmic-roll/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [I have high aspirations. I want to be an architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-have-high-aspirations-i-want-to-be-an-architect/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/if-you-have-a-profession-that-depends-on-what-you-look-like-you-can-t/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/everyone-pretends-to-be-normal-and-be-your-best-friend-but-underneath/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [I don't like sleeping in a bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-don-t-like-sleeping-in-a-bed/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

> [My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/my-favorite-role-ever-was-alien-in-spring-breakers/)

[James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/)

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