9 Quotes & Sayings By James Franco

James Franco was born in 1974 in Palo Alto, California. His father, George, worked for IBM while his mother, Alma (née Flores), was a high school teacher. He has two younger sisters. He is of Mexican descent on his father's side and of Irish descent on his mother's side Read more

He was raised Roman Catholic and attended Palo Alto High School for three years. Franco studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz where he met roommate and future Winona Ryder. They were both members of the drama club and did their first acting work together in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Shortly after graduating from high school, Franco joined a Palo Alto theater group, The Kilgores, where he was discovered by actress Kimberly Quinn who invited him to read with her at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. This led to a series of small roles in various television shows.

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes...
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They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better. James Franco
The man is angry, the man Is destructive, the man...
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The man is angry, the man Is destructive, the man wants more. The woman is more, the woman is all. James Franco
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It had happened. I had brought the dream out into reality and it had dissolved. It was just a dream and had found no purchase in the real world where it was dependent on other people for its realization. I wished that I could have sucked my words back inside where they had lived a colorful life of promise, had been nurtured by hope, and had never been tested James Franco
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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. James Franco
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I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything. James Franco
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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
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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
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It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something. James Franco