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I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.
James Franco
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James Franco
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 19
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James Edward Franco
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You're a white male living in America, brought up in one of the richest cities in the county, Palo Alto. You went to high school with Steve Jobs' daughter, and your journalism teacher is the mother-in-law of Sergey, co-founder of Google.
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
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As an actor in the classroom, you're revealing so much, and teachers are, you know, they're just critiquing like a painting or a piece of work it's like, it's you, and it's your emotions that they're working with.
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Fight scenes are really more like dances than they are fights, because you're depending on your partner to do the right move at the right time. Yes, a tough person or somebody who knows what they're doing will look better in a fight scene, but it also has a lot to do with the other person.
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