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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 had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess."
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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 think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it."
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"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."
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"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."
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"I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics."
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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."
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"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."
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"We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely."
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"To marry the Irish is to look for poverty."
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"I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself."
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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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"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."
Movies

"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."
Love

"I was kind of scared of failing at acting."
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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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"I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do."
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"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."
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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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"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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