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"The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'"
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"I become kind of obsessive about research."
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"I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do."
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"Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun."
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"My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her."
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"When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."
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"The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'"
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"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."
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"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."
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"When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces."
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"I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight."
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"I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?"
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"Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse."
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"I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing."
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"I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice."
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"The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing."
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"I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's."
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"So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience."
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"The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'"
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"Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing."
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"If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it."
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