James Franco

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.