James Franco on his ‘midlife crisis’: I’ve hit a wall this past year
The actor is gearing up for the release of his new film, The Disaster Artist.
Hollywood star James Franco says he has “hit a wall” over the past year and referred to it as a “midlife crisis”.
The actor, known for films including This Is The End, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and 127 Hours, also said he has stopped wearing fragrance after being arrested for stealing cologne in his youth.
Franco, 39, told the men’s edition of ES Magazine: “I guess it’s called a midlife crisis.
Franco, who is a director, screenwriter and producer as well as being an actor, added that he had already been through “a lot of the phases I think people go through in their midlife crisis”.
“So for me it was really about cutting back and focusing, and figuring out what I really wanted to spend my time on.”
Speaking about his brush with the law when he was at school, Franco said: “I was the big cologne guy in junior high.
“We were stealing it and selling it at school. I guess that was the last time I really wore fragrance.”
Asked if he was dating somebody, he said it had been going on for “four months”.
Having deleted his social media accounts, Franco said it is “very liberating” and referred to using Instagram and Twitter as a “time suck”.
Franco directs, produces and appears in new film The Disaster Artist, about the making of “one of the worst movies ever made”, The Room, alongside frequent collaborator Seth Rogen and brother Dave Franco.
The film is slated for release in December.
The men’s edition of ES Magazine is available on Thursday.
