Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — 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've come to a point where I just want to do movies that I just believe in. I have come to an… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a 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
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
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
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 was being generous. Gia Coppola wasn't even a filmmaker at that time, but I asked her to do it, because I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I will be back to General Hospital, but Im filming a movie about the Wizard of Oz in Detroit right now, I… — 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
There's this phenomenon where people do like to announce movies that they think I'm doing that I'm not. — James Franco Copy Share Image
When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if… — James Franco Copy Share Image
“In the movie of your entire life, do you want drama and conflict or a straight shot to the top, unencumbered?” — James Franco Copy Share Image
Villains can often be one note and I would say in that case, it’s not fun to play the villain. It’s fun… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I start movies with people that I believe in and people with visions, you know, that I believe in. And so if… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I still work really hard, but I like to think I'm a little smarter about at least the type of movie I'm… — 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 Image
Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — James Franco Copy Share Image
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 Image
I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything. — James Franco Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 people I… — 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 world outside… — James Franco Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image