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Sometimes it is painful to be oneself at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself.

James Franco

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James Franco
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 19
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Television Actor
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Palo Alto
California
James Edward Franco
Escape
Painful
Oneself
Impossible
Times
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