James Franco Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'”
-- James FrancoSource : "The Meanings of the Selfie" by James Franco, www.nytimes.com. December 26, 2013.
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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 work and everybody does their best.”
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“All I know is that when I needed McDonald's , McDonald’s was there for me.”
-- James FrancoSource : "McDonald's was there for me when no one else was" by James Franco, www.washingtonpost.com. May 7, 2015.
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“There's a long tradition of teen comedies where the kids are getting drunk on beer and whatever else, so smoking a joint to me is no worse than having a beer. So, if someone has a problem with it, I'll just tell them to relax.”
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“When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.”
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“Villains can often be one note and I would say in that case, it's not fun to play the villain. It's fun to play the villain if he a) has dimension and b) the villain gets to do all the things in the movie that in life he would get punished for. In the movie, you're applauded for them if you do them with panache. And so that's why it's more fun to play the villain.”
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“I don't consider weed to be any worse than having a beer.”
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“I've decided I can't really control people's perceptions of me. All I can do is decide on what I work on and how hard I work on it.”
-- James FrancoSource : "A Minute With: James Franco on villains and being James Franco". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. November 27, 2013.
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“Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.”
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“When I was a young actor, I just didn't understand how to function in this business as an artist. It is a business, it's called the film business for a reason, there's money involved. But on the flip side, nowadays I do not let the business side of it rule either. It's a balance.”
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“Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.”
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“When I was younger, I didn't know that I should just listen to my own voice, my own artistic sense of things when I was choosing projects, because one of the biggest creative decisions that an actor can make in the film business is what you will work on.”
-- James FrancoSource : Interview with Rachel Small, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 5, 2014.
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“If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.”
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“When I was younger, I thought, 'Ok, I'm supposed to do this project because it'll help my career,' but that didn't work because I ended up doing movies that I worked really hard on but I didn't really like and they didn't turn out well, so it was like I lost double. Once I just started working with people and projects I believed in, everything changed and I suddenly had a career that I loved and that I was proud of.”
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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, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.”
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“Quite Franc-ly, I think I am an asset to this world we live in. I know that if I didn’t exist, there would be some truly upset people just waiting for me. A life without Franco is like a kitten without fur. That’s what my reflection told me.”
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“Sometimes it is painful to be oneself; at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself.”
-- James FrancoSource : James Franco (2013). “Actors Anonymous”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.”
-- James FrancoSource : "Legends: James Franco" by Michelle Lhooq and Madeline Rudin, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2012.
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“I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.”
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“They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.”
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“I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.”
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“If liking Katy Perry and drinking margaritas is gay, then who wants to be straight?!”
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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.”
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“Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.”
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“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.”
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“If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.”
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“I was kind of scared of failing at acting.”
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