Fight scenes are really more like dances than they are fights, because you're depending on your partner to do the right move at the right time. Yes, a tough person or somebody who knows what they're doing will look better in a fight scene, but it also has a lot to do with the other person.
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 FrancoAlways have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you donโt compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.
James FrancoThe 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.
James FrancoVillains can often be one note and I would say in that case, itโs not fun to play the villain. Itโs 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, youโre applauded for them if you do them with panache. And so thatโs why itโs more fun to play the villain.
James FrancoI put out a lot of different kinds of material, and maybe people read that as egotistical. Or maybe, since a lot of it does involve some aspect of me, they find it self-aggrandizing. But thereโs a long tradition of artists using themselves. Look, I know Iโm not perfect. And, who knows, maybe a part of it has to do with self-obsession. But itโs also about using this weird thing that is a public persona as raw material for creative projects.
James Franco