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1 " It had happened. I had brought the dream out into reality and it had dissolved. It was just a dream and had found no purchase in the real world where it was dependent on other people for its realization. I wished that I could have sucked my words back inside where they had lived a colorful life of promise, had been nurtured by hope, and had never been tested "
― James Franco , Actors Anonymous
2 " Sometimes it is painful to be oneself; at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself. "
3 " Create your world around your work. Create your work around your life. Let other people help you shape it. "
4 " Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area. "
5 " You also need love. Your characters need to love something, otherwise they will be unlovable. "
6 " You want to be interesting? Be interested. "
7 " I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome. "
8 " In the movie of your entire life, do you want drama and conflict or a straight shot to the top, unencumbered? "
9 " Make your characters interested in something. Striving for something. In need of something. Good at something. This will make them likeable and interesting. "
10 " Read Frank’s poem, “Advice to the Players.” It talks about all of this, about the human need to create. "
11 " She was working the desk in the student exhibition hall, reading Kafka. She had a cool demeanor, but it was more like she couldn’t get her words out so easily, so she covered everything with an icy smile. "