Read Frank’s poem, “Advice to the Players.” It talks about all of this, about the human need to create.
The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, ‘Hello, this is me.’
Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.
All I know is that when I needed McDonald’s, McDonald’s was there for me.
I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through a writer.
You are successful if you are able to work on the kind of material that you want to – if your life conforms to your dreams, regardless of outside acceptance or acclaim.
I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome.
You want to be interesting? Be interested.
Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.
Create your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it.
Dreams and expectations also have the very dark flipside of disappointment, broken dreams.
There’s no relationship that I find that’s closer than a creative relationship.
It’s like low-budget filmmaking – a focus on dialogue and relationships over plot. Quirky. Improv.