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.

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

I hate being an actor, they dress you and put on your makeup and you just feel like a little baby.

Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.

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

The hair is really a way to push me even farther out of just what people know me for. I don't really know what people know me for.

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