American - Actor | April 19, 1978 -
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.'
James Franco
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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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My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.
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I view filmmaking as a director's medium.
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When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to tell their story, and that's the number one priority.
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I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.
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School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.
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