James Franco, dressed up Gucci, holds up a mug on the September 2010 cover of Esquire, on stands this week.
On the importance of being a student: “Acting doesn’t do very much for me. I put off school for it, but it’s not like it was a sacrifice or anything. I really didn’t miss school until I went back. Or maybe I missed it and nobody believed that, not even me. The work of it — and I have really great teachers — that’s the stuff that adds up for me in a way that acting doesn’t.”
On his new movie, which was based off of a book: “What can I say about Eat, Pray, Love? Let’s see (pauses for 15 seconds) You know, in Eat, Pray, Love, my character mostly appears in the first 20 pages of the book. (smiles) And I can definitely say I read the first twenty pages.” Ha!