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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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"Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough."
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"Whatever you do gives you the name it gives."
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"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."
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"Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes."
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"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."
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"My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS."
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"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians."
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"I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves."
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"Biblical names are hot again."
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"I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here."
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"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."
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"I become kind of obsessive about research."
Research
"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."
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"A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick."
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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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"But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!"
Want
"I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight."
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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."
Art
"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."
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"The 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."
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