James Franco Quotes

I got arrested for graffiti. I got arrested - a lot of, like, underage drinking, drunk in public, shoplifting, you know, your various, like, suburban arrests, I guess.

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.

I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.

Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.

The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.

I worked at a McDonald's drive-through. I could always tell when girls were interested: They'd drive around again and say, "I forgot something."

I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.

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.

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.

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.

I personally just love movies about the creative process.

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.

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

It's like low-budget filmmaking - a focus on dialogue and relationships over plot. Quirky. Improv.

There's this phenomenon where people do like to announce movies that they think I'm doing that I'm not.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.

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.

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

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

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

You just don't really rehearse kissing scenes, whether it's male or female.

I only work with people I trust and respect.

But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!

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.

I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.

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

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.

I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.

We fell in love last night. He's the coolest guy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The fame and the fame-hungry world we live in does it all for you. Women are lining up on your Instagram account to meet you.

The number of women in power positions is a fraction of the number of men in such positions.

Men in your position have women offering themselves in the hopes that they will get somewhere professionally, or socially.

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

"The Wolfpack" is a real life clash of life and fiction and the saving power of brotherhood and make-believe.

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.