A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.

I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome.

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.

Create your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it.

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.

The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'

If this is the only life, then why I’m not just doing everything I want to do.

I am very grateful for my life. I think one of the keys to not being depressed is to find gratitude and to be grateful for what you have. So I am grateful for what I have.

You want to be interesting? Be interested.

It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.

DNA predisposes a certain behavior, but if your environment doesn't support it, then that behavior won't manifest. When people don't have opportunity, they have to create their own opportunities

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something, and it is only such love that can know freedom.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

I look at movies, unfortunately, and I still see a lot of movies [lacking diversity].

I have the ability to build myself up or break myself down. I stay positive. Strength comes from within.

I believe strongly that commonsense gun safety measures would assist us.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

Life is full of confusion. Confusion of love, passion, and romance. Confusion of family and friends. Confusion with life itself. What path we take, what turns we make. How we roll our dice.

Foreign newspapers: if they've got nothing to hide, how come they don't print them in English?

God doesn't need a lot to do a lot. All David had was five stones. And all David used was one.