Episode 870 - James Franco

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2017

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

At some point after James Franco became a high-profile movie star, he found himself asking, "What if you get everything you want and nothing changes?" As James explains to Marc, that led to a re-engagement with art and academics, a stint on General Hospital, an infamous hosting experience on the Oscars, and many passion projects that he willed to fruition. Only now, with his new movie The Disaster Artist, which he wrote and directed, does James realize what he was chasing and what he has in common with The Room director Tommy Wiseau.

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0:00.0	Block the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:10.7	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck in ears, what the fuck
0:14.7	sticks, what's happening?
0:16.0	I'm Mark Marin.
0:17.2	This is WTF.
0:18.5	This is my podcast that I do out of a garage on a hill precariously on a, I think what
0:25.4	might be Cinder blocks from the early 1900s, just perched here, waiting for something, waiting
0:31.8	for something, maybe nothing will happen.
0:34.0	I'm still on my garage, I'm not, I'm not as much in the house, but, but I'm here man,
0:39.8	I'm here.
0:40.8	Today on the show James Franco will talk to me for a while.
0:44.6	Alright, this is one of those shows where I'm rushing, I'm harried, I'm still in makeup
0:50.3	here, I've got, I've got stuff in my hair that makes me Sam Sylvia.
0:54.8	I have to shoot in Pomona later this week.
0:57.7	Sadly, maybe I'll have some Pomona stories next week.
1:01.2	God knows Pomona's got tails, maybe I'll have an experience in Pomona, but as of right
1:05.9	now, it's just moving and shooting.
1:08.6	Moving and shooting people, so this, I know some of you're going to be heartbroken, but
1:12.9	I might not ramble on as much as I usually do.
1:16.2	Because I got to talk to Franco for a while and I'm a little crunched for time.
1:20.3	Do you dig what I'm saying?
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