Franco: "I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight."

Franco: "Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director."

Franco: "I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin."

Franco: "School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

Franco: "I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting."

Franco: "I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself."

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

Franco: "I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'"

Franco: "My style is casual-chic? Casual-messy?"

Franco: "I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium."

Franco: "I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated."

Franco: "Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun."

Franco: "I'm a big cardigan sweater guy."

Franco: "Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded in the greater film. They are mediated through the work of so many other people: the director directs, the lighter sets the scene, the editors edit, the music gets put to it."

Franco: "I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do."

Franco: "There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you."

Franco: "It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something."

Franco: "If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good."