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James Franco

(1978) Actor United States

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James Franco is an actor from the United States, best known for Palo Alto.

Quick Facts About James Franco

Born: April 19, 1978
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Palo Alto

About James Franco

James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), The Interview (2014), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in 127 Hours (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Golden Shell Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by James Franco · Page 2

Acting doesn't do very much for me. I put off school for it, but its not like it was a sacrifice or…

Acting

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I don't have many hobbies. If I think of hobbies, maybe ping pong. But I don't have a desire to get a…

Desire

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Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie.…

Guy

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I wouldn't want to live life in an untroubled garden, blissful and ignorant. I would want to get out into the world,…

Garden

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In any creative endeavor, you do have to sort of take your shots. Nobody is going to beg you to go into…

Acting

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A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at…

Cinema

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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…

Adderall

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When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to…

Director

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You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art.

Art

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A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service,…

Actors

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I think if anybody who has made a home sex tape knows, what feels best doesnt always look best. I remember when…

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The tip that Ive gotten for success in movies and other areas is to not stop doing whatever got it good. For…

Acting

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Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

Leading me

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The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'

Critique

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I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

Cinema

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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as…

Acting

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Sometimes rabbits, like, turn me on. I don't know why.

Knows

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Adapting a book is essentially a collaboration, whether the author is alive or dead.

Adapting

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For some reason, when I was in junior high school, my friends and I had, like, a cologne-stealing ring.

Cologne

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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…

Actor

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I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

Guy

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I wanted to do serious movies. I had a certain idea of what good acting was. That's since changed, and I love…

Acting

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The paparazzi can be sharks. The new thing is they surround someones car so they cant even move and they just take…

Celebrity

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It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.

Bedroom

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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.

Sleep

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