I don’t want to, you know, shut them down in anyway. I think it’s a good thing and I support it. James Franco More Quotes by James Franco More Quotes From James Franco 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. James Franco careerswritingpeople 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. James Franco twoyearsschool I was supposed to go out with this girl, but the plans mixed up because I was working late. So I went to her apartment with a flower. She was asleep, but I really wanted to see her. I figured I'd be like Romeo, and climbed up to her balcony and gave her a rose. She was very shocked. After that, it was over. James Franco girlflowerrose I always see nice images like that but I don't know what to do with them. I guess you share them with someone. Or you write them down in a poem. I had so many of those little images, but I never shared them or wrote any of them down. James Franco nicewritinglittles 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. James Franco choicesstuffnight 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 uclateachingyears There's a large chunk of me in all the parts. As an actor, I got involved largely because I want to let things out. The best acting is that that is most real and the only way to do that, is to genuinely feel it. James Franco actorsactingreal There's this phenomenon where people do like to announce movies that they think I'm doing that I'm not. James Franco phenomenonpeoplethinking 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. James Franco meanbookthinking I've come to a point where I just want to do movies that I just believe in. I have come to an understanding of filmmaking, a new understanding where I believe it's a director's medium. That means working with people that I believe in. James Franco meanbelievepeople 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. James Franco atmospheretiredschool I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self. James Franco castsselfthinking You just don't really rehearse kissing scenes, whether it's male or female. James Franco malesfemalekissing As an actor in the classroom, you're revealing so much, and teachers are, you know, they're just critiquing like a painting or a piece of work; it's like, it's you, and it's your emotions that they're working with. James Franco piecesactorsteacher 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. James Franco typelittlesthinking I think as far as straight actors playing gay roles, "Brokeback Mountain" was a big breakthrough. I'm pretty sure when they were casting that movie that - I think the story is, like you know, 10 to 15 other actors turned it down. James Franco brokeback-mountaingaythinking "The Wolfpack" is a real life clash of life and fiction and the saving power of brotherhood and make-believe. James Franco brotherhoodrealbelieve 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. James Franco charactermeanyears I was kind of scared of failing at acting. James Franco scaredactingkind Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another. James Franco leading-mereal
