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

I personally just love movies about the creative process.

The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'

If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

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.

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

I've come to a point where I just want to do movies that I just believe in. I have come to an understanding of filmmaking, a new understanding where I believe it's a director's medium. That means working with people that I believe in.