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I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

~James Franco

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Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it.

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Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

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In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.

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Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director.

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I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.

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My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.

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I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

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When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my writing life and that people would see me not as an author but as an actor starting to write.

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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 19th, 1978

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