Franco

Biography

There’s no question that Franco was, atlanta divorce attorneys sense of the term, a large man in African music. Occasionally weighing in at 300 pounds, he also gained his nickname as “The Sorcerer of your guitar,” rendering it sing like no-one before, with easy, liquid lines. Also an achieved composer and vocalist, Francois Luambo Makiadi continues to be a towering amount even in loss of life, probably the most significant the Congo (afterwards Zaire) provides ever produced, so when the leader from the long-running O.K. Jazz group, he was among the fathers of the present day Congolese sound. Blessed within the rural community of Sona Bata, his family members moved to the administrative centre, Leopoldville, when he was still an infant. By age ten he had been the master of the homemade electric guitar within the Belgian colony. Within a couple of years he was subjected to both Western european music, from missionaries, as well as the Cuban noises that begun to pass on like wildfire on the air. He produced his documenting debut at 15 within the home music group for the Loningisa label, where bandleader Henri Bowane dubbed him Franco, a name that could stick to him for the others of his lifestyle. Although he was obtaining plenty of studio room function he also produced a music group, which debuted in 1955 on the Fine Club, whose name he had taken a year afterwards, calling the music group O.K. Jazz. Inside a year these were demanding the established celebrities, Dr. Nico’s African Jazz, because the Congo’s best group. Like many musical heroes before and since, Franco got his brushes with specialist throughout his profession, as well as the 1st arrived in 1958 when he was jailed to get a motoring criminal offense; he premiered to waiting around crowds, who hailed him back again. In 1960 the Congo obtained self-reliance, and in the ensuing unpredictable politics weather, Franco and O.K. Jazz, using its continuously changing personnel, going off to Belgium to record. By 1965, with Chief executive Mobutu in power, items became better, as well as the music group was unquestionably the very best name in the united states, playing the Event of African Arts within the newly-renamed capital, Kinshasa, the next year. Franco, in addition to being truly a bandleader, guitarist, vocalist, and writer, became a far more than adept businessman, forming an empire to regulate his music, through the record business to spin-off rings (at one stage he previously two variations of O.K. Jazz — a Western one along with a Zairean one). He didn’t timid away from politics problems on his tracks, which led to his spending several nights in prison many times when he displeased the regulators. Through the entire ’60s and ’70s, Franco and his music group toured and documented continuously, although they under no circumstances managed to split America; a short 1983 jaunt there didn’t workout as hoped. In 1980, Franco was called a Grand Maitre, an enormous Zairean honor, and therefore became solidly entrenched within the ruling clique within a country which was going through massive economic complications. His writing design changed significantly, switching to patriotic compliment music and tributes to wealthy supporters — a 180 level turn from younger man he previously once been. He’d ballooned up in fat in his older years aswell, although on-stage and in the studio room he could be an incandescent participant and vocalist. By 1987, gossips had been circulating that Franco was ill, and certainly he was very much slimmer. There is, maybe, a hint in his single saving from that yr “Interest Na SIDA” (“Avoid Helps”) — and the condition would destroy him in 1989, sparking four times of nationwide mourning in Zaire befitting a musical genius and something from the country’s symbols for over three years. But he remaining a large legacy. Not merely do he record a huge selection of albums, where he as well as the music group extended their material, however in O.K. Jazz he provided a releasing pad for most performers, including Sam Mangwana, Papa Noel, Mose Lover Fan, and a bunch more. Eventually, though, he previously the eyesight to press the music ahead, to have rings that could actually play and develop the rumba design, and deal with it when it speeded up into soukous through the past due ’70s. And he was justifiably revered like a acoustic guitar god, even though he hardly ever became completely known in the Western world.

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#	Fact
1	Originally, James Franco was set to play the role of Arthur in Inception (2010); however, due to scheduling conflicts, James was forced to drop out of the film and the director of the film, Christopher Nolan, later gave the role to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
2	In October 2015, James Franco had a Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony traditionally celebrated at age 13. A rabbi, of the Reform Jewish denomination, presided over the ceremony, in which Franco, wearing a traditional prayer shawl and yarmulke, read from the Torah in Hebrew. Franco was 37 at the time of his Bar Mitzvah; though they are most often celebrated at 13, a Bar Mitzvah may be observed any time after 13 as well. The Bar Mitzvah was orchestrated by Franco's friend Seth Rogen as a fundraiser for Rogen's Alzheimer's research charity Hilarity for Charity.
3	His favorite film of 2015 was Mustang (2015). [Indiewiere, Nov.19 2015].
4	In 2015, James Franco will star in both Queen of the Desert (2015) and Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015), which are directed by Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders, who were both key figures in the New German Cinema film movement in the 1970s.
5	Friends with Mila Kunis. They have acted in 4 films together: "Third Person" (2013), "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013), "Date Night" (2010), and "Tar" (2012).
6	As of 2014, has appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Milk (2008/I) and 127 Hours (2010).
7	One of a handful of celebrities passing through Los Angeles International Airport (1 November 2013) when a gunman opened fire killing a TSA official. Franco was stuck on board a grounded plane during the rampage.
8	On his father's side, he is the grandson of Daniel Franco, Jr. and Marjorie J. (Peterson) Franco, who was a published author of young adult books. On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Daniel Verne (born Daniel S. Verovitz) and Marjorie "Mitzie" Levine. One of James's maternal great-grandfathers, Emanuel "Manuel" V. Levine, was a prominent judge in Cleveland.
9	In the Graduate Film program at NYU and the Graduate Program for Fiction Writing at Columbia. [2009]
10	Enrolled in NYU's MFA program for creative writing in Tisch school of the arts [2008]
11	New York, NY, USA: His educational achievements as a "prolific academic" are celebrated in a half-page ad in The New York Times paid for by his alma mater, UCLA, with the tagline: 'Some A-Listers Actually Get A's.' [March 2013]
12	Has a movie due in December called The Company (2003), co-starring Neve Campbell. He is filming Spider-Man 2 (2004). [May 2003]
13	Filming the action comedy Pineapple Express (2008). [March 2007]
14	Was presented the 2,492nd Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame accompanied by his mother Betsy Franco, brother Dave Franco, Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) director Sam Raimi and This Is the End (2013) co-star Seth Rogen (March 7, 2013).
15	Admitted to his younger brother, Dave Franco, that he hadn't seen a single episode of Dave's episodes in the TV series, Scrubs (2001).
16	His debut book of poetry is due to be released in April 2014 [December 17, 2012].
17	His favorite film is My Own Private Idaho (1991).
18	May perhaps be one of the most academically accomplished actors (an "extreme scholar") in Hollywood history: besides his BFA in English from UCLA, he has two MFA degrees - both in writing - from Columbia and Brooklyn College, and a third MFA, in film, from New York University. He is continuing further degree studies while also teaching a graduate class that takes students through the process of making a feature-length film. (2011).
19	In 2009, Salon.com named Franco the "Sexiest Man Living.".
20	His production company is Rabbit Bandini Productions, which he runs with friend and producer Vince Jolivette.
21	He did eight months of boxing training for Annapolis (2006).
22	After seeing Franco's turn as James Dean, Robert De Niro personally chose him to play his drug-addicted son in the 2002 movie City by the Sea (2002).
23	Franco volunteers at the charity Art of Elysium in Los Angeles, helping kids with serious medical conditions. In January 2011, he was honoured for his work at the hospital, receiving the Spirit of Elysium accolade.
24	Has directed short films for two R.E.M. songs, "Blue" and "That Someone Is You" from their 2011 album, "Collapse Into Now".
25	Is a talented mathematician. He interned at Lockheed Martin, the American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company.
26	He completed his private pilot's license to prepare for his role in 2006's Flyboys (2006).
27	Mother Betsy Franco also played his character's mother on General Hospital (1963).
28	Chosen by Premiere magazine as one of the "The 40 Most Handsome Hollywood Men"(#1)[2009].
29	Franco's creative writing professors have included such major figures as Amy Hempel, Mona Simpson, Jonathan Lethem, Gary Shteyngart and Michael Cunningham.
30	In 2009, he reunited with his Deuces Wild (2002) co-star, Ronnie Marmo, on General Hospital (1963).
31	While a guest on her NPR program "Fresh Air", Franco told interviewer Terry Gross that when he went back to UCLA to finish his undergraduate degree in creative writing, he was worried that his classmates and professors might think of him as "sliding by" because of his acting career, so he took a lot of extra courses to make sure they knew he was serious. He told Gross that the cap on the number of units that a student is allowed to take in a quarter was 19, but in his last quarter he took 62 units - which as far as he knows is a record for a single student.
32	Franco told interviewer Terry Gross that when he was in junior high school, he was arrested for shoplifting cologne from a department store and reselling it with his friends at the school. He noted to Gross the irony that, in 2008, he shot an advertising campaign in which he became the face of Gucci cologne.
33	Is friends with Busy Philipps, who he met on the set of Freaks and Geeks (1999).
34	His grandmother, Mitzie Verne, is an artist.
35	Close friends with Tobey Maguire. He also used to "babysit" Tobey's daughter on the set of Spider-Man 3 (2007).
36	Worked with stunt coordinator Nick Powell in two movies both premiering in 2006: Tristan + Isolde (2006) and Annapolis (2006).
37	His father was of half Portuguese and half Swedish descent. His mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Russia, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania).
38	Although he always hated it, he started smoking for his lead role in James Dean (2001).
39	Was named one of Salon.com's "10 men who might just inspire the rebirth of Jewish male cool."
40	Went by the name of Ted in high school and was voted "Best Smile" at Palo Alto High School.
41	Has his own production company - Rabbit Bandini Productions.
42	Was named one of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors [2004]
43	In his spare time he likes to paint.
44	His parents, Betsy Franco & Doug Franco, met at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
45	He has two younger brothers, Tom Franco and Dave Franco.
46	James appeared in two movies that premiered on the same day, Deuces Wild (2002) and Spider-Man (2002), both opening on May 3rd. The success of the two films was highly varied as Spider-Man film has to date amassed a box office gross some 67 times greater than that of Deuces.
47	Auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2002), but was given the part of Harry Osborn.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rebel Dabble Babble	2012	Short	Jim Stark / James Dean
About Cherry	2012		Frances
General Hospital	2009-2012	TV Series	Franco
Rebel	2011/II	Short
Sal	2011/I		Milton Katselas
Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011		Will Rodman
The Broken Tower	2011		Hart Crane
Your Highness	2011		Fabious
The Green Hornet	2011		Danny Crystal Cleer (uncredited)
127 Hours	2010		Aron Ralston
Love & Distrust	2010	Video	Travis (segment: "Grasshopper" by Eric Kmetz)
Eat Pray Love	2010		David Piccolo
Masculinity & Me	2010	Short
Shadows & Lies	2010		William Vincent
Date Night	2010		Taste
Howl	2010		Allen Ginsberg
30 Rock	2010	TV Series	James Franco
Milk	2008/I		Scott Smith
Nights in Rodanthe	2008		Mark Flanner (uncredited)
Pineapple Express	2008		Saul Silver
Camille	2008/I		Silias
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis	2007	Video short	Justin Bobby
In the Valley of Elah	2007		Sgt. Dan Carnelli
Spider-Man 3	2007	Video Game	Harry Osborn New Goblin (voice)
Good Time Max	2007		Max
Spider-Man 3	2007		New Goblin Harry Osborn
Knocked Up	2007		Sol (uncredited)
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee	2007		Dean Silo
Interview	2007/I		Boyfriend on Phone (voice)
An American Crime	2007		Andy
The Dead Girl	2006		Derek
Grasshopper	2006	Short	Travis
Flyboys	2006		Blaine Rawlings
The Wicker Man	2006		Bar Guy #1
Annapolis	2006		Jake Huard
Tristan + Isolde	2006		Tristan
Fool's Gold	2005		Brent
The Great Raid	2005		Captain Prince
The Ape	2005		Harry Walker
Spider-Man 2	2004		Harry Osborn
The Company	2003		Josh
City by the Sea	2002		Joey
Sonny	2002		Sonny
Mother Ghost	2002		Skateboarder Guy
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love	2002
The Car Kid	2002	Short
Blind Spot	2002		Danny
Deuces Wild	2002		Tino
Spider-Man	2002		Harry Osborn
James Dean	2001	TV Movie	James Dean
Mean People Suck	2001	Short	Casey
Some Body	2001		Apartment Guy #3 (uncredited)
The X-Files	2001	TV Series	Officer #2
If Tomorrow Comes	2000		Devin
Freaks and Geeks	1999-2000	TV Series	Daniel Desario
At Any Cost	2000	TV Movie	Mike
Whatever It Takes	2000		Chris
Profiler	1999	TV Series	Stevie
Never Been Kissed	1999		Jason (as James Edward Franco)
To Serve and Protect	1999	TV Mini-Series	Matt Carr
1973	1998	TV Movie	Greg
Pacific Blue	1997	TV Series	Brian
Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad	2018	filming	Lemmy (voice)
Blood Surf	2017	post-production	Metalhead Troy
Pretenders	2017	filming	Maxwell
The Long Home	2017	post-production	Dallas Hardin
Alien: Covenant	2017	post-production	Branson
Actors Anonymous	2017	post-production	Jake Lamont
Black Dog, Red Dog	2017	completed	Leo
Future World	2017	post-production
Kill the Czar	2017	post-production
Kin	2017/II	filming
The Deuce	2017	TV Series post-production	Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards	2017	post-production	Conrad
The Institute	2017	post-production	Dr. Cairn
The Mad Whale	2017	post-production
The Masterpiece	2017/II	post-production	Tommy Wiseau
The Vault	2017	post-production	Ed Maas
Zeroville	2017	completed	Vikar
Why Him?	2016	completed	Laird Mayhew
Killing Animals		completed	Mr. Hurston
Mississippi Requiem		post-production
The Labyrinth	2017		Narrator (voice)
In Dubious Battle	2016		Mac
Angie Tribeca	2016	TV Series	Sgt. Pepper / Eddie Pepper
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?	2016	TV Movie	Director
The Caged Pillows	2016	Video short	David Del Rosario
Burn Country	2016		Lindsay
King Cobra	2016		Joe
11.22.63	2016	TV Mini-Series	Jake Epping
Sausage Party	2016		Druggie (voice)
Goat	2016		Mitch
Richard Peter Johnson	2015		James Franco
The Night Before	2015		James Franco
Making a Scene with James Franco	2014-2015	TV Series short	James / Jack / Eric Forman, Michael Kelso / ...
Memoria	2015/I		Mr. Wyckoff
The Little Prince	2015/I		The Fox (voice)
Deadbeat	2015	TV Series	Johnny
The Adderall Diaries	2015		Stephen Elliott
Wild Horses	2015		Ben Briggs
A Walk in Winter	2015	Short	Conrad
Every Thing Will Be Fine	2015		Tomas Eldan
Queen of the Desert	2015		Henry Cadogan
I Am Michael	2015		Michael Glatze
Yosemite	2015		Phil
True Story	2015/I		Christian Longo
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha	2015		Pasamonte
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel	2014		James
The Interview	2014/II		Dave Skylark
Grow a Guy	2014	Short	Chad, the Grow-a-Guy
Of Mice and Men	2014		George Milton
The Sound and the Fury	2014		Benjy Compson
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special	2014	TV Movie	David Skylark
Good People	2014		Tom Wright
Obituaries	2014	Short	Felix Mitchum
Veronica Mars	2014		James Franco (uncredited)
Homefront	2013/I		Morgan 'Gator' Bodine
The Mindy Project	2013	TV Series	Paul Leotard
Third Person	2013		Rick
Child of God	2013		Jerry
Palo Alto	2013		Mr. B
The Real World: This Is the End Edition	2013	TV Short	James Franco
This Is the End	2013		James Franco
As I Lay Dying	2013		Darl Bundren
Oz the Great and Powerful	2013		Oz
Lovelace	2013		Hugh Hefner
Interior. Leather Bar.	2013		James
The Color of Time	2012/II		C.K. Williams
Hollywood Heights	2012	TV Series	Osbourne Silver
The Letter	2012/IV		Tyrone
Spring Breakers	2012		Alien
The Iceman	2012		Marty Freeman
Maladies	2012		James
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit	2012	TV Series	James

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Blood Heist	2018	producer filming
Blood on Wheels	2017	executive producer post-production
The Long Home	2017	producer post-production
Actors Anonymous	2017	executive producer post-production
Blood Theatre	2017	executive producer post-production
Dark Hours: Roxana	2017	executive producer post-production
Future World	2017	producer post-production
Rio	2017	executive producer post-production
The Deuce	2017	TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes post-production
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards	2017	executive producer post-production
The Institute	2017	executive producer post-production
The Mad Whale	2017	producer post-production
The Masterpiece	2017/II	producer post-production
Camp	2016	TV Movie executive producer post-production
L.A. Series	2016	TV Movie producer post-production
Tenn	2015	executive producer post-production
James Franco 'Art Projects'		TV Short producer completed
Metamorphosis: Junior Year		Documentary producer post-production
Million Dollar Kill		Short executive producer announced
Mississippi Requiem		executive producer post-production
Please Don't Come Back from the Moon		producer post-production
The Game		producer announced
The Labyrinth	2017	executive producer
Mandroid	2016	Short executive producer
Dark Hours: Typee	2016	executive producer
In Dubious Battle	2016	producer
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?	2016	TV Movie executive producer
King Cobra	2016	producer
11.22.63	2016	TV Mini-Series producer - 8 episodes
F*ck	2016	TV Series producer - 1 episode
Goat	2016	producer
Mother	2015/X	Short executive producer - uncredited
Respectability	2015	Short executive producer
Winesburg: Death	2015	Short executive producer
Memoria	2015/I	executive producer
The Sweet Taste of Redemption	2015	Short executive producer
Suburban Memoir	2015	Short executive producer / producer
Miss Famous	2015	Short executive producer
The Strength of God	2015	Short executive producer
The Ultimate Evil	2015	TV Series executive producer
The Adderall Diaries	2015	producer
City Bus	2015	Short executive producer
A Walk in Winter	2015	Short executive producer
I Am Michael	2015	producer
Yosemite	2015	executive producer
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha	2015	executive producer
Almost Not Beautiful	2014	Short executive producer
Guests	2014	Short executive producer
The Interview	2014/II	executive producer
Gucci Sunglasses	2014	Short executive producer
Acting Class	2013	Short executive producer
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts	2013	Documentary producer
Interior. Leather Bar.	2013	producer
Kink	2013	Documentary executive producer / producer
Jeffrey	2012/I	Short producer
The Color of Time	2012/II	producer
Undergrads: South	2012	TV Series documentary executive producer
The Broken Tower	2011	producer - uncredited
The Ape	2005	executive producer
Studio 4		Video short executive producer

Director

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pretenders	2017	filming
The Long Home	2017	post-production
Black Dog, Red Dog	2017	completed
Future World	2017	post-production
The Deuce	2017	TV Series 2 episodes post-production
The Institute	2017	post-production
The Masterpiece	2017/II	post-production
Zeroville	2017	completed
L.A. Series	2016	TV Movie post-production
Tenn	2015	post-production
Metamorphosis: Junior Year		Documentary post-production
In Dubious Battle	2016
11.22.63	2016	TV Mini-Series 1 episode
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel	2014
Making a Scene with James Franco	2014	TV Series short
The Sound and the Fury	2014
Gucci Sunglasses	2014	Short
Child of God	2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded	2013	Documentary
Bukowski	2013
As I Lay Dying	2013
Interior. Leather Bar.	2013
Dream	2012/II	Short
My Own Private River	2012	Documentary
Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)	2012	Documentary
Rebel	2011/II	Short segment "Brad Forever"
Sal	2011/I
The Broken Tower	2011
42 One Dream Rush	2010	Short
Masculinity & Me	2010	Short
The Clerk's Tale	2010	Short
Saturday Night	2010	Documentary
Herbert White	2010	Short
The Feast of Stephen	2009	Short
Good Time Max	2007
Fool's Gold	2005
The Ape	2005

Writer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Actors Anonymous	2017	novel post-production
Black Dog, Red Dog	2017	completed
Blood Theatre	2017	post-production
LA Woman Rising	2016	Documentary writer post-production
Age of the Moon	2016	story completed
Killing Animals		book completed
Mississippi Requiem		creator post-production
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?	2016	TV Movie story by
Suburban Memoir	2015	Short screenplay
Yosemite	2015	based on: the short stories "Yosemite" and "Peter Parker" by
Gucci Sunglasses	2014	Short
Child of God	2013	screenplay
Palo Alto	2013	book 'Palo Alto Stories'
Bukowski	2013
As I Lay Dying	2013	screenplay
Rebel	2011/II	Short
Sal	2011/I	story
The Broken Tower	2011	written by
Masculinity & Me	2010	Short
The Clerk's Tale	2010	Short screenplay
Herbert White	2010	Short screenplay
The Feast of Stephen	2009	Short screenplay
Good Time Max	2007	written by
Fool's Gold	2005	play "Emma" / play "Fools Gold" / screenplay
The Ape	2005	written by

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
11.22.63	2016	TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
The Interview	2014/II	performer: "Firework"
This Is the End	2013	writer: "Love in the Old Days"
Chelsea Lately	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Spring Breakers	2012	performer: "Hangin With Da Dopeboys", "Everytime"
Saturday Night Live	2008-2009	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Freaks and Geeks	2000	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Interior. Leather Bar.	2013

Art Department

Art Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
This Is the End	2013	artwork

Editor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Broken Tower	2011

Sound Department

Sound Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Nightlife	2011	Short boom operator

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dark Hours: Roxana	2017	very special thanks post-production
Chipped	2016/III	Short special thanks completed
A Love Story	2016/VI	Short special thanks
Anesthesia	2015	special thanks
Aborshits	2015	Short very special thanks
Black Mantis	2015	Short very special thanks
Burden of Proof	2015	Short very special thanks
Gen RX	2014	Short special thanks
Lily	2014/II	Short very special thanks
Stuntmen	2009	special thanks
American Experience	2008	TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Making the Amazing	2004	Video documentary special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco	2013	TV Movie	Himself - Roastee
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show	2013	TV Movie	Himself
A Fuller Life	2013	Documentary	Himself - Reader (segment "Copy Boy")
This Morning	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
On Story	2013	TV Series	Himself
The Sound of Change Live	2013	TV Movie	Himself
At the Movies	2013	TV Series	Himself
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	2013	TV Series	Himself
Howard Stern on Demand	2013	TV Series	Himself
Janela Indiscreta	2013	TV Series	Himself
Cinema 3	2011-2013	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2008-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Vivir de cine	2013	TV Series	Himself
E! Special: Oz - The Great and Powerful	2013	TV Movie	Himself
Revealed	2013	TV Series	Himself
Fantástico	2013	TV Series documentary	Himself
Kino Kino	2013	TV Series	Himself
Through the Mind's Eye of Colleen Atwood	2013	Short	Himself
Iconoclasts	2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
Playhouse	2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
Hart Crane: An Exegesis	2012	Documentary	Himself / Hart Crane
Child of God: Behind the Scenes	2012	Video documentary short	Himself
Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)	2012	Documentary	Franco
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present	2012	Documentary	Himself
MSN Exclusives	2012	TV Series	Himself (2014)
Mythology of the Apes	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
The Genius of Andy Serkis	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
Eames: The Architect & The Painter	2011	Documentary voice
Durch die Nacht mit...	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Le petit journal	2011	TV Series	Himself
Hamish & Andy's Gap Year	2011	TV Series	Himself
HBO First Look	2002-2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Na Nai'a: Legend of the Dolphins	2011	Documentary	Narrator (voice)
Attack of the Show!	2011	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2011	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Gomorron	2011	TV Series	Himself - Från galan
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself - Host & Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself
The Daily Show	2011	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
127 Hours: An Extraordinary View	2010	Documentary short	Himself
The Fabulous Picture Show	2010	TV Series	Himself
14 Actors Acting	2010	Video short	Himself
Inside the Actors Studio	2010	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2007-2010	TV Series	Himself - Guest
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story	2010	Documentary	Himself
Happy Birthday Sam Raimi from James Franco	2010	Video short	Himself
The Oprah Winfrey Show	2010	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Le grand journal de Canal+	2007-2010	TV Series documentary	Himself
TV Festival Du Cannes 2010	2010	TV Movie	Himself
Saturday Night	2010	Documentary	Himself
Jimmy and the Cop	2010	Video short	Himself
New Now Next Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself
Erased James Franco	2009		Himself
Milk: Hollywood Comes to San Francisco	2009	Documentary short	Himself
The 81st Annual Academy Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself
Acting with James Franco	2009	Video short	Himself
Xposé	2007-2008	TV Series	Himself
The Early Show	2002-2008	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Reel Comedy	2008	TV Series	Himself
Shootout	2008	TV Series	Himself
Comic-Con '08 Live	2008	TV Movie	Himself
2008 MTV Movie Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself
Speechless	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Spider-Man 3 on Location: Cleveland, the Chase and Euclid Avenue	2007	Video short	Himself
Spider-Man 3 on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets	2007	Video short	Himself
The Villains of 'Spider-Man 3'	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Spider-Man 3: UK Premiere Special	2007	TV Short documentary	Himself
Total Request Live	2007	TV Series	Himself
Corazón de...	2006-2007	TV Series	Himself
Noche Hache	2007	TV Series	Himself
Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself
The Holiday	2006		Himself (uncredited)
Last Call with Carson Daly	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Fuse Celebrity Playlist	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Love Conquers All: The Making of Tristan + Isolde	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
The Tony Danza Show	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Making the Amazing	2004	Video documentary	Himself
Cartaz Cultural	2003	TV Series	Himself
Behind the Scenes: Spider-Man the Movie	2002	TV Short documentary	Himself
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards	2002	TV Special documentary	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Whatever It Takes: Making-Of Featurette	2000	Video documentary short	Himself / Chris
Untitled James Franco Documentary	2017	Documentary post-production	Himself
LA Woman Rising	2016	Documentary post-production voice
For Ed Ricketts		Documentary post-production	Himself
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra		Documentary post-production	Himself
Million Dollar Kill		Short announced	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2008-2016	TV Series	Himself
The Most Interesting Woman in the World: Swank	2016	Video short	Himself
The Most Interesting Woman in the World: Apprentice	2016	Video short	Himself
Introducing the Most Interesting Woman in the World	2016	Video short	Himself
Today	2007-2016	TV Series	Himself - Guest
F for Franco	2016	Documentary	Himself
Celebrity Style Story	2016	TV Series	Himself
Made in Hollywood	2010-2016	TV Series	Himself
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem	2016	Documentary short	Himself
No Actor Parking	2015	TV Series	Himself
The Grapes of Wrath: We Shall Overcome	2015	Documentary	Himself
The IMDb Studio	2015	TV Series short	Himself
Good Morning America	2014-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Seth Rogen's Awful Bar-Mitzvah	2015	TV Short	Himself
2015 MTV Movie Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
CBS This Morning	2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman	2008-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special	2015	TV Special	Himself
Larry King Now	2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Unscripted	2014	TV Series	Himself
How to Make a Man	2014	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Colbert Report	2011-2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Frank Jameso
Extra	2014	TV Series	Himself - The Interview
Naked and Afraid	2014	TV Series	Himself - Survivalist
Advice	2014	TV Series short	Himself
Saturday Night Live	2008-2014	TV Series	Himself - Host / Various / Himself / ...
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself - Jumping from Cake
Live with Kelly and Michael	2010-2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Inside Edition	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Insider	2014	TV Series	Himself
Liberatum Inspiring Creativity	2014	Short	Himself
The View	2010-2014	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
2014 MTV Movie Awards	2014	TV Special	Himself - Cameo #26 / Nominee
Gucci Sunglasses	2014	Short	Himself
By the Fans: The Making of the Veronica Mars Movie	2014	Video documentary	Himself
XR91 BioRebellion 2.0	2013	Short	Himself
Reel Junkie	2013	TV Series	Himself
Conan	2011-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2010-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Charlie Rose	2011-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2008-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
City of Angels	2013/II	Short	Himself
Mademoiselle C	2013	Documentary	Himself
What Is Cinema?	2013	Documentary	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Entertainment Tonight	2013-2016	TV Series	Himself
Extra	2016	TV Series	Himself
David Letterman: A Life on Television	2015	TV Movie	Himself
Canada A.M.	2014	TV Series
MSNBC Live	2014	TV Series	Dave Skylark
Inside Edition	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself - The Interview / Himself
Lennon or McCartney	2014	Documentary short	Himself
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Journey to Dawn	2014	Video short	Will Rodman
The Drunken Peasants	2014	TV Series	Dave Skylark
Chelsea Lately	2013	TV Series	Kanye West
The Frame	2013	TV Series	Will Rodman
General Hospital	2011-2012	TV Series	Franco
The Sitter	2011		Soap Actor (uncredited)
Richard Roeper & the Movies	2010	TV Series	Aron Ralston
Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3	2007	Video documentary short	Harry Osborn

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2016	Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award	Venice Film Festival		In Dubious Battle (2016)
2015	FilmOut Audience Awards	FilmOut San Diego, US	Best Actor	I Am Michael (2015)
2014	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2014	Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award	Venice Film Festival
2014	Just Kidding Award	Women Film Critics Circle Awards	Merry Macho Award		· Seth Rogen
2014	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2014	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	As I Lay Dying (2013)	· Matt Rager
2014	Wilde Artist of the Year	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)
2014	ICS Award	International Cinephile Society Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2014	INOCA	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	SFFCC Award	San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	VVFP Award	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On March 7, 2013. At 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
2013	LAFCA Award	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2011	Outstanding Performer of the Year Award	Santa Barbara International Film Festival		127 Hours (2010)
2011	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Actor of the Year	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead	127 Hours (2010)
2010	NYFCO Award	New York Film Critics, Online	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	SLFCA Award	St. Louis Film Critics Association, US	Special Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment)	127 Hours (2010)
2010	UFCA Award	Utah Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Teddy	Berlin International Film Festival	Best Short Film	The Feast of Stephen (2009)
2010	DFWFCA Award	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Favorite Celebrity of the Year
2010	IFJA Award	Indiana Film Journalists Association, US	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Sierra Award	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2009	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Milk (2008)	· Sean Penn · Josh Brolin · Victor Garber · Stephen Spinella · Denis O'Hare · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna
2009	Man of the Year	Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA
2009	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Male	Milk (2008)
2008	Hollywood Breakthrough Award	Hollywood Film Awards	Actor of the Year
2002	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television	James Dean (2001)
2002	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor in a Picture Made for Television	James Dean (2001)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2016	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Form Variety Series	Making a Scene with James Franco (2014)	· Vince Jolivette (executive producer) · Eric M. Day (executive producer) · Jennifer Heftler (executive producer) · Jay Davis (executive producer) · Mark Koops (executive producer)
2015	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	The Interview (2014)	· Seth Rogen
2015	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	True Story (2015)
2015	Streamy Award	The Streamy Awards	Best Actor	Making a Scene with James Franco (2014)
2015	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Album	For the album "Actors Anonymous."
2015	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Duo	The Interview (2014)	· Seth Rogen
2014	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight	This Is the End (2013)	· Jonah Hill · Seth Rogen
2014	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Spring Breakers (2012)	· Ashley Benson · Vanessa Hudgens
2014	People's Choice Award	People's Choice Awards, USA	Favorite Comedic Movie Actor
2014	Young Hollywood Award	Young Hollywood Awards	Best Bromance		· Seth Rogen
2014	Heterodox Award	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US		Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)	· Travis Mathews
2014	Dorian Award	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)	Film Performance of the Year - Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2014	Halfway Award	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Adapted Screenplay	Palo Alto (2013)	· Gia Coppola
2013	Grand Marnier Fellowship Award	New York Film Festival	Best Film	Child of God (2013)
2013	Jury Prize	Queer Lisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer	Best Documentary	Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)	· Travis Mathews (director)
2013	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
2013	Golden Lion	Venice Film Festival		Child of God (2013)
2013	WAFCA Award	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	Un Certain Regard Award	Cannes Film Festival		As I Lay Dying (2013)
2013	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	DFCS Award	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	DFCS Award	Detroit Film Critic Society, US	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Best Supporting Actor of the Year	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	Halfway Award	International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2012	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Your Highness (2011)
2012	Rembrandt Award	Rembrandt Awards	Best International Actor (Beste Buitenlandse Acteur)	127 Hours (2010)
2012	CinemaXXI Award for Short and Medium Films	Rome Film Fest		Dream (2012)
2011	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Jaw Dropping Moment	127 Hours (2010)
2011	National Movie Award	National Movie Awards, UK	Performance of the Year	127 Hours (2010)
2011	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	127 Hours (2010)
2011	TFCA Award	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	VFCC Award	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class Programs	The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)	· Bruce Cohen (produced by) · Don Mischer (produced by) · Michael B. Seligman (supervising producer) · Anne Hathaway (host)
2011	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Leading Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	EDA Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	EDA Special Mention Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Unforgettable Moment	127 Hours (2010)
2011	EDA Special Mention Award	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Bravest Performance Award	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Empire Award	Empire Awards, UK	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Dorian Award	Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA)	Film Performance of the Year	127 Hours (2010)
2011	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Lead Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	IFC Award	Iowa Film Critics Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2011	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)	127 Hours (2010)
2010	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	127 Hours (2010)
2010	SDFCS Award	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama	127 Hours (2010)
2010	SLFCA Award	St. Louis Film Critics Association, US	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Audience Award	SXSW Film Festival	Spotlight Premiere	Saturday Night (2010)
2010	WAFCA Award	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	CFCA Award	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Gold Hugo	Chicago International Film Festival	Best Short Film	The Feast of Stephen (2009)
2010	DFCS Award	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Best Actor of the Year	127 Hours (2010)
2010	Golden Starfish Award	Hamptons International Film Festival	Short	The Clerk's Tale (2010)
2010	HFCS Award	Houston Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2009	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Comedic Performance	Pineapple Express (2008)
2009	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss	Milk (2008)	· Sean Penn
2009	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight	Pineapple Express (2008)	· Seth Rogen · Danny McBride
2009	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Milk (2008)	· Josh Brolin · Joseph Cross · Victor Garber · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna · Denis O'Hare · Sean Penn · Alison Pill
2009	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical	Pineapple Express (2008)
2009	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Milk (2008)
2009	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Supporting Actor	Milk (2008)
2009	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast	Milk (2008)	· Josh Brolin · Joseph Cross · Victor Garber · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna · Denis O'Hare · Sean Penn · Alison Pill
2009	Gold Derby TV Award	Gold Derby Awards	TV Movie/Mini Actor of the Decade	James Dean (2001)
2009	IOMA	Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)	Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista)	Milk (2008)
2008	MTV Movie Award	MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	· Tobey Maguire
2008	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Milk (2008)
2008	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2008	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Cast Ensemble	Milk (2008)	· Sean Penn · Emile Hirsch · Josh Brolin · Diego Luna
2008	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Best Supporting Actor of the Year	Pineapple Express (2008)
2008	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Favorite Celebrity of the Year
2007	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Rumble	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	· Tobey Maguire · Topher Grace · Thomas Haden Church
2003	Chlotrudis Award	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Supporting Actor	City by the Sea (2002)
2002	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	James Dean (2001)
2002	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	James Dean (2001)
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	James Dean (2001)
2000	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Film - Choice Sleazebag	Whatever It Takes (2000)
2000	Young Artist Award	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series - Young Ensemble	Freaks and Geeks (1999)	· John Francis Daley · Sarah Hagan · Jarrett Lennon · Samm Levine · Seth Rogen · Jason Segel · Martin Starr

2nd place awards

2nd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2013	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2013	ICP Award	Indiewire Critics' Poll	Best Supporting Performance	Spring Breakers (2012)
2010	SEFCA Award	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)
2010	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	127 Hours (2010)
2009	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Actor of the Year	Milk (2008)
2008	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Milk (2008)
2008	Golden Schmoes	Golden Schmoes Awards	Breakthrough Performance of the Year	Pineapple Express (2008)

3rd place awards

3rd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2014	TFCA Award	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Spring Breakers (2012)
2010	NTFCA Award	North Texas Film Critics Association, US	Best Actor	127 Hours (2010)



Title	Salary
The Interview (2014)	$6,500,000
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	$7,000,000
The Company (2003)	$2,000,000



#	Quote
1	[on 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), one of his 5 favourite films] Again, a very simple approach, but there's so much power in that film. You're not quite sure what's happening from the beginning, but you're just kind of thrown into it. All you know is that these women have this mysterious meeting, and it takes you from there. The film gives you a great sense of what it was really like to live in Romania in the 1980s.[2009]
2	[on Marlon Brando] Brando's performances revolutionized American acting precisely because he didn't seem to be "performing," in the sense that he wasn't putting something on as much as he was being. Off-screen he defied the studio system's control over his image, allowing his weight to fluctuate, choosing roles that were considered beneath him and turning down the Oscar for best actor in 1973. These were acts of rebellion against an industry that practically forces an actor to identify with his persona while at the same time repeatedly wresting it from him.
3	[on directing himself as an actor] I've done it many times before - it's something I've grown used to. As a director you're viewing everything from above or the outside. You just want to make sure all the pieces are working well together. I've acted in enough films that I can feel it from the inside, like okay, this is right... I actually don't like to do it. I enjoy directing other actors more. I enjoy the collaboration between directors and actors so much that - if I can get away with not being in a movie that I'm directing - I will.
4	[on his comedic Bar Mitzvah, as he received the Hasty Pudding 2009 Man of the Year award] ...actually really touching. I'm Jewish, my mother's Jewish, but I wasn't raised Jewish. I guess I wasn't a man until tonight.
5	There's this public persona that's 'James Franco' that's half my creation but half of it isn't. Half of it's what other people write about me or how they perceive me. [His art is] a way of using... an image that other people have created and re-presenting it.
6	[on the moment that his successful film career failed to meet his artistic expectations] I remember getting ready to do the third 'Spiderman', just thinking, I don't know if I can take it again. If I can take all the work that doesn't seem to have a payoff that is equal to the effort. As soon as I started branching out and pursuing my other interests I could say, 'OK... it's a place where more earnest kinds of exploration can happen.'
7	[on the show Girls (2012)] I am fine watching a show about women dealing with men. I watched Steel Magnolias (1989) when I was in junior high school and I can get off on female bonding. Done right. It's more interesting than male bonding. I'm also aware that I may just be giving myself too much credit: for all I know, but for the grace of Judd Apatow, I could be just like those struggling male idiots I see on the show.
8	(2011, on being a workaholic) I don't know, but the first short film I ever directed, years before I even went to film school at NYU, is about a boy who is introduced to the concept of his own mortality when his goldfish dies. He says to his parents, "I don't want to die," and though they say he shouldn't worry because there's plenty of time, they don't really comfort him. So he thinks, I have to do everything now. He gets a neighbor girl to marry him, gets a job, starts a family. Although I've changed and relaxed a bit, my behavior shows I've thought along those lines for quite a while.
9	[2011, on hosting the Oscars] It's hard to talk about because it's like assigning blame - not a fun thing to do. For three or four weeks, we shot the promos and the little film that played in the opening. In the last week, when we really started focusing on the script for the live show and did a run-through, I said to the producer, "I don't know why you hired me, because you haven't given me anything. I just don't think this stuff's going to be good". After the show, everybody was so happy, and Bruce Cohen, the show's producer, hugged me and said, "Steven Spielberg just told me it was the best Oscars ever!" As far as having low energy or seeming as though I wasn't into it or was too cool for it, I thought, Okay, Anne Hathaway is going the enthusiastic route. I've been trained as an actor to respond to circumstances, to the people I'm working with, and not to force anything. So I thought I would be the straight man and she could be the other, and that's how I was trying to do those lines. I felt kind of trapped in that material. I felt, 'This is not my boat. I'm just a passenger, but I'm going down and there's no way out'.
10	(2011, on the failure of Your Highness (2011)) I didn't write that movie. I was just doing my job. I think I'm fine in it. They knew there were problems with that movie a year ago. Just because it comes out after the Oscars, it's like "Oh, here's backlash". Well, you have the year's best actress Oscar winner in it, so wouldn't that boost ticket sales? And people want to blame me for that? It's just ridiculous. There's this feeling about me like, "He's doing too many things. Let's get him".
11	(2011, on his earliest jobs) When I was 13 or 14 my dad got me a job working the counter at a coffee shop. It sucked. I read books when the place was empty and got let go when the assistant manager told the boss he'd found $2 in one of the aprons and said I was trying to steal. It turns out he had taken, like, $10,000. Later, when I wanted a car and my parents said they'd match whatever I could pay, I got a job driving carts at the Palo Alto Golf Course. I would read stuff like Naked Lunch in the cart, and they let me go when they caught me reading the sequel to A Separate Peace. Another summer I got a job with a friend on his father's construction crew, but we just got high every day...I was (also) given an internship at Lockheed Martin. But that experience showed me I never wanted to work in that environment.
12	[2011, on being a troubled youth] I was arrested for a lot of petty crimes. It added up. I was a ward of the court and was put on probation. Finally, I'd had enough chances, but they gave me one final chance, and, fortunately, I didn't get into any trouble after that. Otherwise, I guess it could have been like Lindsay Lohan, when she's on probation and then she's accused of stealing a necklace, and it's a kind of small thing that becomes a big thing. It's like probation doesn't end.
13	[Observation while making a documentary about the porn industry] When I was young, I got a video camera and my girlfriend and I decided to film ourselves and watched it back and said, 'Yeah, well, let's never watch that again'. Those performers in pornos, they are great performers. They're not just doing it. They're selling it to an audience.
14	[on accepting a position as a dramatics teacher at New York University] I've been very fortunate. I had to work hard but had opportunities to do everything that I wanted. That's one of the reasons I'm teaching. I'm trying to give back to other people. That's what I guess I want to do now - continue to be creative in a way that I can give back.
15	[on using the videos trapped hiker Aron Ralston had made, in order to portray him in 127 Hours (2010)] He's not an actor giving a Shakespeare death soliloquy. He didn't want to lose himself because that would make it harder for his mother to watch. I knew that if I captured that, somehow, it would feel very authentic and powerful.
16	[on playing gay characters] - It's funny because the way that kind of stuff is talked about on blogs is so black-and-white. It's all cut-and-dry identity politics. 'Is he straight or is he gay?' Or, 'This is your third gay movie - come out already!' And all based on, gay or straight, based on the idea that your object of affection decides your sexuality. There are lots of other reasons to be interested in gay characters than wanting myself to go out and have sex with guys. And there are also lots of other aspects about these characters that I'm interested in, in addition to their sexuality. So, in some ways it's coincidental, in other ways it's not. I mean, I've played a gay man who's living in the '60s and '70s, a gay man who we depicted in the '50s, and one being in the '20s. And those were all periods when to be gay, at least being gay in public, was much more difficult. Part of what I'm interested in is how these people who were living anti-normative lifestyles contended with opposition. Or, you know what, maybe I'm just gay.
17	You know, directors kind of want different things. Some of them think that if they just are always talking to you and keeping your spirits up and everything that it helps you, and then some leave you alone and give you your space.
18	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.
19	I worked at a McDonald's drive-through. I could always tell when girls were interested: They'd drive around again and say, "I forgot something."
20	When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. 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.
21	[About what he looks for in a girl] "Just someone I can relate to artistically and who can also be understanding and supportive of the demands of my lifestyle."
22	[About finding time to relax] "Never. It's an impossibility. I don't even like to sleep. I feel as if there's too much to do."
23	[About painting] "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."



#	Trademark
1	Often plays real life characters
2	Tends to play characters with a troubled past or life
3	One sided smile



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