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I was an English major at UCL...

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 161 quotes

In the end, I do have a group...

In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.

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I was kind of scared of faili...

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

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Directing, editing, and every...

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

James Franco 161 quotes

You work really hard to make ...

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

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There's a tacit belief that a...

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 of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.

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There's a tendency, when you'...

There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

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I acted professionally for ab...

I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

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I'm starting to teach now: I ...

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.

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When I research a role it doe...

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

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School allowed me to have out...

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.

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I might have to stumble a lit...

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

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I feel like because I've done...

I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.

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Reviews about film acting are...

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

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Acting is an art form and you...

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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I am not going to be the guy ...

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

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I needed an outlet in high sc...

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.

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When I started writing after ...

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write.

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I worked the drive-through at...

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

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My name is James Edward Franc...

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....