I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
James FrancoCreate your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it.
James FrancoThe fame and the fame-hungry world we live in does it all for you. Women are lining up on your Instagram account to meet you.
James FrancoI 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 FrancoDirecting, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.
James FrancoIn any creative endeavor, you do have to sort of take your shots. Nobody is going to beg you to go into the creative arts. So, if you want to pursue a career in something like acting or writing, the motor and the drive have to come from you. And that does take courage because, A, a lot of people want to do it, and B, it's hard. So, you have to have the guts to put yourself out there and go for it in spite of the world saying, "You know, it would be so much easier, if you didn't pursue this." So, it does take guts.
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