When I Research A Role

When I Was Younger, I Thought, 'ok, I'm Supposed To Do This Project Because It'll Help My Career,' But That Didn't Work Because I Ended Up Doing Movies That I Worked Really Hard On But I Didn't Really Like And They Didn't Turn Out Well, So It Was Like I Lost Double. Once I Just Started Working With People And Projects I Believed In, Everything Changed And I Suddenly Had A Career That I Loved And That I Was Proud Of.

Almost All The Movies I've Directed Are Adaptations. And I Think What I Found When I Went To Film School, Where They Try To Push You To Find Your Voice Or Your Thing, Is That I Got A Lot Of Things Out Of Adaptations.

I Don't Have Many Hobbies. If I Think Of Hobbies, Maybe Ping Pong. But I Don't Have A Desire To Get A Ping Pong Medal.

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.

I Think It Helps The Writers To Sell Their Books, If They Announce My Attachment, But It Doesn't Mean That I'm Going To Make The Movies In The Next Year, Or Two, Or Three.