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You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art.

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James Franco
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 19
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Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.
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Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.
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I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.
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