James Franco: Portrait of the Performance Artist as a Young Man

By Naomi Pfefferman

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/james_franco_portrait_of_the_performance_artist_as_a_young_man_20100629/

James Franco rubbed his eyes and downed coffee during a break from his intense preparation for his performance-art project at the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Pacific Design Center recently. His Gucci cologne-endorsing face sports some stubble, his lanky frame lounges in a chair, but Franco is amazingly good-natured and friendly for someone who appeared to be working around the clock. If his energy had temporarily flagged, the 32-year-old Franco had reason: His multifaceted endeavors are enough to make anyone feel like a slacker.

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