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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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James Franco
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: April 19
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Palo Alto
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James Edward Franco
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