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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.
James Franco
Sleep
But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!
James Franco
Die
I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.
James Franco
Sleep
,
Night
,
Hours
I still don't like going to bed alone.
James Franco
Alone
,
Bed
I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
James Franco
Big
,
Guy
,
Sweater
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
Love
,
Work
,
Good
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.
James Franco
Art
,
Fun
,
Play
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.
James Franco
Movies
,
Thought
,
Understand
I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.
James Franco
Guy
,
Weight
,
Pulling
I become kind of obsessive about research.
James Franco
Become
,
Research
,
Obsessive
I don't like sleeping in a bed.
James Franco
Sleeping
,
Bed
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
Time
,
After
,
Acting
I was kind of scared of failing at acting.
James Franco
Acting
,
Failing
,
Scared
I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
James Franco
Different
,
Irish
,
Tried
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
Morning
,
Before
,
Working
It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.
James Franco
Sad
,
Night
,
Dark
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
True
,
Hard
,
Film
My style is casual-chic? Casual-messy?
James Franco
Style
Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.
James Franco
Real
,
Another
,
Direction
The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'
James Franco
Start
,
Himself
,
Gonna
When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.
James Franco
Crazy
,
Stupid
,
Research
A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.
James Franco
Spiritual
,
Help
,
Giving
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
School
,
Yourself
,
Acting
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
Year
,
Film
,
Next
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.
James Franco
Teacher
,
School
,
Parents
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Biography
Nationality:
American
Type:
Actor
Born:
April 19
, 1978
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