The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime–time television or film; normally you don’t see a film actor going to do a soap. — James Franco

It’s hard when you’re doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were. — James Franco

I teach a lot–I teach at the UCLA and USC graduate film programs–and a lot of those projects are my students’ projects that I act in or I do a cameo. — James Franco

I’m starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I’m going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA. — 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 right sensibility and that she could figure it [The Adderall Diaries] out. — James Franco

If I’m working on a film, I’ll do sit–ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something. — James Franco

I lIke to brIng myself to the movIe rather than have the movIe or the character brIng Itself to me, meanIng I want to fIt the tone of the fIlm. I want to help the dIrector achIeve hIs or her vIsIon. — James Franco

When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you’re required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems. — James Franco

We all age. You shouldn’t discount it as a subject for a film. Just because the characters are dealing with issues that you might not deal with for another 45 years doesn’t mean you won’t like it. — James Franco

I view filmmaking as a director’s medium. — James Franco

I was kind of scared of failing at acting. — James Franco

I’m going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting. — James Franco

I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time. — James Franco

Reviews about film acting are very… tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — James Franco

I learned a lot of good things in my school. I’ve audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a while I got a little tired of the acting school atmosphere. — James Franco

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I’ve actually been painting longer than I’ve been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself. — 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 like, who also are the funniest people around. — James Franco

School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more. — James Franco

I still work really hard, but I like to think I’m a little smarter about at least the type of movie I’m getting into. — James Franco

I only work with people I trust and respect. — James Franco

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. — James Franco

You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor. — James Franco

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 Franco

All is good. Don’t worry, the pain will help you. You’ll get into some trouble, but it will work out in the end. — James Franco

Create your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it. — James Franco

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big–business film takes itself very seriously. — James Franco

It’s basically the best job in the world. If you’re fortunate enough–and I consider myself fortunate–you get to work with your friends and you get to work on projects that interest you. — James Franco

You are successful if you are able to work on the kind of material that you want to–if your life conforms to your dreams, regardless of outside acceptance or acclaim. — James Franco

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. — James Franco

Generally you don’t initiate the projects–they’re designed and you’re inserted. Your material is edited by somebody. You feel a lack of power over your work. — James Franco

I don’t even like to sleep–I feel as if there’s too much to do. — James Franco

It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It’s like surrendering to the night or something. — James Franco

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. — James Franco

The variety is what attracts me, i plan to keep doing all of those things. if i did any one of Them exclusively Then i would get a little tired of it or feel The constraints of that medium. — James Franco

I hate being an actor, they dress you and put on your makeup and you just feel like a little baby. — James Franco

There’s so much pressure put on relationships to deliver the satisfaction of life. And to me, that is just not the answer. I feel like it should be something in addition to what you love or be a part of that. — James Franco

But I don’t want to die! I have so much to do! — James Franco

I don’t need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated. — James Franco

I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome. — James Franco

If many people love me, then I must be important. — James Franco

You also need love. Your characters need to love something, otherwise they will be unlovable. — James Franco

My job is what I love. I don’t need an escape from it. — James Franco

We fell in love last night. He’s the coolest guy. — 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 a writer. — James Franco

I personally just love movies about the creative process. — James Franco

I love collaboration of all kinds, and I love the way that collaboration pulls me into directions I wouldn’t go in if I was working on my own. — James Franco

He was so. So dirty, and just moving in front of me, and cute. I was in love with him, especially because he was talking to me. — James Franco

You take advantage of your position as a famous actor to meet women. — James Franco

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. 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. — James Franco

One of the things I’ve learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that’s an actor I’m working with, the subject matter, or a book. — James Franco

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. — James Franco

If this is the only life, then why I’m not just doing everything I want to do. — James Franco

For whatever reason, I have an emotional life that wants to come out. — James Franco

Soon you’ll know that my email is [email protected]. my password is littlejamesycutiepie, this is all just a real violation of my personal life. — James Franco

I am very grateful for my life. I think one of the keys to not being depressed is to find gratitude and to be grateful for what you have. So I am grateful for what I have. — James Franco

I guess in some people’s lives, no one tells you what to be, and so you be nothing. — James Franco

The Wolfpack’ is a real life clash of life and fiction and the saving power of brotherhood and make–believe. — James Franco

This was the way the night had cashed in. Choices had been made and things happened, and here we were. It was sad, and funny. My life was made of this. Stuff like this. — James Franco

Funny how new facts pop up and make you doubt that there’s any goodness in life. Everyone pretends to be normal and be your friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don’t know about… — James Franco

In the movie of your entire life, do you want drama and conflict or a straight shot to the top, unencumbered? — James Franco