The movie is about a guy struggling with who he is, with his art and how he represents himself in his art with his past. James Franco More Quotes by James Franco More Quotes From James Franco I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam [Romanowsky], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the right sensibility and that she could figure it [The Adderall Diaries] out. James Franco nyudiariesschool I get like six or so hours of sleep a night. James Franco sixsleepnight I still don't like going to bed alone. James Franco bedstills I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation. James Franco vacationgoes-onneeds The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders. James Franco reminderswind 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 uclaactingyears 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 teacheryearsschool I actually don't smoke weed, but I've played a lot of stoners - especially with Seth Rogen. James Franco stonerssmoke-weedweed Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie. You get two guys and no plot and it's basically like, 'Yeah! Let's drive a van made of weed!' And that's pretty much the movie. James Franco weedguytwo Villains can often be one note and I would say in that case, it’s not fun to play the villain. It’s fun to play the villain if he a) has dimension and b) the villain gets to do all the things in the movie that in life he would get punished for. In the movie, you’re applauded for them if you do them with panache. And so that’s why it’s more fun to play the villain. James Franco often-isplayfun I am actually turned off when I look at an account and don’t see any selfies, because I want to know whom I’m dealing with. In our age of social networking, the selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.' James Franco networkingeyeage I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I like, who also are the funniest people around. James Franco actingpeopleyears You don't really prepare for a kissing scene. James Franco kissingscene I love collaboration of all kinds, and I love the way that collaboration pulls me into directions I wouldn't go in if I was working on my own. James Franco collaborationkindway Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them. James Franco attachmentbodymen School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more. James Franco actingtakenschool When I was younger, I thought, 'Ok, I'm supposed to do this project because it'll help my career,' but that didn't work because I ended up doing movies that I worked really hard on but I didn't really like and they didn't turn out well, so it was like I lost double. Once I just started working with people and projects I believed in, everything changed and I suddenly had a career that I loved and that I was proud of. James Franco proudcareerspeople I have high aspirations. I want to be an architect. James Franco aspirationarchitectwant I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through a writer. James Franco memoriesideasinteresting I view filmmaking as a director's medium. James Franco filmmakingviewsdirectors
