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.

I loved the book [The Adderall Diaries] I optioned it, I think some years ago. But there's a lot of different threads in the book. It starts off as one thing, where he's trying to cover this murder trial, and then his own life starts to impinge on that, so it becomes something else. I found that fascinating.

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

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

Dreams and expectations also have the very dark flipside of disappointment, broken dreams.

The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'

I teach a lot - I teach at the UCLA and USC graduate film programs - and a lot of those projects are my students' projects that I act in or I do a cameo.