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James Franco, born in April 1978, is a versatile actor, director, screenwriter, and producer from California, USA. He has gained widespread acclaim for his outstanding performances in various film and television projects, such as 'Spider-Man' series, '127 Hours', and 'Bright Star'.

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

Ifs Feels Sleep Too Much

Author: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.”

Ifs Long Doe I Can Matter Why Not Things I Love Does It Matter

Author:James Franco

“When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.”

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Author:James Franco

“I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.”

Ifs Needs Jobs Traditional Hated Vacation Need A Vacation

Author: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.”

Ifs Film Morning

Author:James Franco

“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.”

Ifs Play Fun Cases Notes Dimensions Villain Often Is Panache

Author:James Franco

“If liking Katy Perry and drinking margaritas is gay, then who wants to be straight?!”

Ifs Want Gay Drinking Margarita

Author: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.”

Ifs Want Kind Dream Able Successful Acceptance Materials Your Dreams Conform Acclaim

Author:James Franco

“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.”

Ifs Long Problem Kids Comedy Tradition Drunk Beer Smoking Relax Joints Getting Drunk Smoking A Joint

Author:James Franco

“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 job. So it's vanity but it's also not in a lot of cases. It's being professional.”

Ifs Looks Jobs Cases Like You Depends Blame Caring Profession Vanity

Author:James Franco

“I think it helps the writers to sell their books, if they announce my attachment, but it doesn't mean that I'm going to make the movies in the next year, or two, or three.”

Ifs Thinking Years Mean Two Book Helping Three Next Sells Attachment Next Year

Author:James Franco

“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 way. If you make a movie it's really an act of translation.”

Ifs Way Book Character Certain Understanding Narrative Translations

Author:James Franco

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

Ifs Thinking Desire Hobbies Medal Ping Ping Pong

Author:James Franco

“If many people love me, then I must be important.”

People Ifs Important

Book:Actors Anonymous

Source: Actors Anonymous

“I start movies with people that I believe in and people with visions, you know, that I believe in. And so if it doesn't kind of come together in the right way, at least I was doing it because I believed in the person and the movie.”

People Ifs Knows Way Believe Kind Persons Together I Believe Vision I Believe In Right Way

Author: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.”

Ifs Way Kind My Own All Kinds Collaboration

Author: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.”

Ifs World Enough Jobs Interest Projects Fortunate Best Job

Author:James Franco

“...it can be so boring being you sometimes, and if you were the most special thing like that, it could be really great, but maybe some people say the same thing about you, and you want to tell those people: 'No, you're stupid, it's no fun being me.”

People Ifs Want Sometimes Fun Special Stupid Boring Really Great Being Me So Boring Special Things You Re Stupid

Book:Palo Alto: Stories

Source: Palo Alto: Stories

“Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if only we had a camera on us at all times, we could go and watch each other's tapes and find out what each of us was really like.”

Ifs Knows Watches Normal Cameras All Time Tape Your Best Friend Be Your Best

Author:James Franco

“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows World Would Be Waiting This World Reflection Upset Assets Fur Kitten Franco

Author:James Franco

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

Author: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.”

Ifs Want Children Said Wanted Actors Mom My Mom Braces

Author:James Franco

“Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie. You get two guys and no plot and it's basically like, 'Yeah! Let's drive a van made of weed!' And that's pretty much the movie.”

Ifs Made Two Happens Guy Yeah Smoke Plot Weed Vans Two Guys Smoke Weed

Author:James Franco

About the Author

Born: April 19, 1978
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 151

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