James Franco for DETAILS  [March 2013]

On persistent gay rumors: “One of my professors at Yale… had been a 19th-century- literature scholar. But as soon as he brought his queer life into that world, it gave him this energy and a realization: It wasn’t about being gay but about being different. And that gave me a feeling of enormous permission.”

On his childhood graffiti art: “My friends and I had a group we called I.A.K., which stood for ‘I am king.’ We would write poetry or little sayings that we liked and then sign it with the group moniker.”

On finding an alternative to smoking: “There was lots of pot in the ‘Spring Breakers’ strip-club scene. I don’t even smokecigarettes for roles anymore – I use herbal stuff.”

On his advice to others pursuing dreams: “All you have is what you work on and how hard you work on it. As far as the results or the reception, it’s out of your hands. That’s something I really had to come to understand.”

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