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
I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as… — 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
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
I think all great comedies - or at least the comedies I like - it has some of the funniest moments, but… — 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
Almost all the movies I've directed are adaptations. And I think what I found when I went to film school, where they… — 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
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