All I know is that when I needed McDonald’s, McDonald’s was there for me.

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

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.

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

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.

The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'

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

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.

You want to be interesting? Be interested.

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

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

Sameron adion asoI shall sing a sweeter song tomorrow

I've got a long history of suicid in my family; the good news is it skips a generation, so, if I'm lucky, my kids will kill themselves.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.

It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information.

We continue to think of new things in old ways.

People said to me, "You know, when you record a special, you're going to regret it. The one thing you'll regret because you're a comic is you'll think of better tags."

I don't mind if smiles come at my expense, I'm a small price to pay.

For me, a director is such an important part of thE process. I really have to trust him. Because then you can kind of let your inhibitions down. You can go anywhere when you trust someone.

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests