Quotes from James Franco

I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.

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.

Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it.

I still don't like going to bed alone.

It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.

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.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

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.

I still don't like going to bed alone.

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. 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.

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.

It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.

When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it's absurd. There's something to just being spontaneous.

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.

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

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.

Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don't compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.

Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.

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.

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.

I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.