Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.
James FrancoIf you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain way. If you make a movie it's really an act of translation.
James FrancoSometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me Iām James Franco. Then we dance.
James FrancoDirecting, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.
James FrancoThe first piece of art that I ever bought - when I could afford it - was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was just getting out of doing commercial work and more into art. It's a sketch of a young guy's face. I guess the gallery that I bought it from thought I would like it because the young guy kind of looked like James Dean.
James Franco