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Actor James Franco: 'McDonald's was there for me when no one else was'
Business Insider ^ | 05/07/2015 | Ashley Lutz

Posted on 05/07/2015 8:04:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

I have worked with James and he was thoughtful and kind to everyone involved in the production, especially us nobodies. He went out of his way to spend time with us rather than hobnob with the more famous and wealthy participants. This article on MacDonalds is in keeping with his loyalty to those who have been good to him. Don’t know his politics, don’t know about his personal life, but I do he does not put on airs or think he is better than anyone else.


41 posted on 05/07/2015 8:58:39 AM PDT by flying Elvis ("In...War, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst" Clausewitz.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Franco says he began working in the drive-thru and practicing foreign accents on customers.

That's pretty funny...

42 posted on 05/07/2015 9:00:18 AM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good payback from Franco. You have to give him “props” for this. Lots of people in his position wouldn’t admit to ever having worked at a MacDonalds.


43 posted on 05/07/2015 9:01:53 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: katana
"in a profession where the unemployment rate is around 98% that’s actually pretty successful."

Yep, about as successful as hundreds of other actors but a far cry from "one of the most successful actors in the industry"

44 posted on 05/07/2015 9:01:59 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: GraceG
I never worked in a fast food restaurant...

generally, too many people put down McDonalds when in reality, its a "go to" place for many of us when we're running late to get home,or traveling....you always know what you're going to get, its pretty quick, and not too expensive...

and as for people that work there, it teaches people manners, organization,teamwork,etc....nothing in the world wrong with it at all...

and some people don't need to make a zillion dollars to live...some just need "some" money for the household...others are just starting out....no shame at all....infact, I'd say its commendable...

45 posted on 05/07/2015 9:02:15 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I blame Dionne Warwick for that.


46 posted on 05/07/2015 9:06:54 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: max americana

V good bro! I am slightly impressed! :} I always liked him from his evil morphing liquid metal T1000 but his acting career went nowhere. A shame

Whoever came up with that liquid metal for T2 was a flat out fn genius


47 posted on 05/07/2015 9:19:23 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: flying Elvis
I have worked with James and he was thoughtful and kind to everyone involved in the production, especially us nobodies. ...This article on MacDonalds is in keeping with his loyalty to those who have been good to him.

Good to hear, and thanks for sharing your insight on the guy! How people handle fame speaks very much to their character. Sounds like Franco is pretty nicely grounded in the right things.

48 posted on 05/07/2015 9:21:23 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: max americana

I missed that!! Thanks


49 posted on 05/07/2015 9:21:31 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: circlecity
While I'm glad for him that he was able to find work in his chosen profession I think claiming he is "one of the most successful actors in the industry" is overstating it a bit.

Not at all. When you look at all the commercials, all the TV shows on hundreds of cable channels, the countless movies released each year, most of which go straight to rental, there's easily tens of thousands of people who can honestly call themselves "actors" having earned at least one paycheck in the business. Of all these people, maybe a hundred are what we would call household names. The Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning James Franco is one of these.

50 posted on 05/07/2015 9:24:13 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
"Of all these people, maybe a hundred are what we would call household names. The Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning James Franco is one of these."

Yet I had never heard of him until I read this article.

51 posted on 05/07/2015 9:27:04 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Kartographer

I think that depends on the McDonald’s. Many of them are staffed by the same cohort.


52 posted on 05/07/2015 9:35:42 AM PDT by antidisestablishment (#Draw, Mohammed!)
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To: Sicon

It’s. Called 365Black.

It’s their marketing campaign.

White people no longer are sought out as customers.


53 posted on 05/07/2015 9:36:57 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (CW2 has already started, it's just that currently only 1 side is fighting it. >>>>Buy Ammo Today)
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To: SeekAndFind

“He was able to leave his job at McDonald’s after booking a Super Bowl commercial with Pizza Hut. Since then, he’s become one of the most successful actors in the industry, starring in The Interview, 127 Hours, and Spiderman.”

I don’t dislike Franco by any means but saying that he became one of the most successful actors is stretching a bit.


54 posted on 05/07/2015 9:38:02 AM PDT by jasbd1985
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To: circlecity; Drew68
Yet I had never heard of him until I read this article.

LOLOLOL!!!!

That's just too funny. If you haven't heard of him, he must not be a household name ... {^)!!!

55 posted on 05/07/2015 9:38:54 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: SeekAndFind

“He became desperate after his parents cut him off financially.”

But he thanks McDonald?


56 posted on 05/07/2015 9:41:51 AM PDT by Leep (To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
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To: Finny
"If you haven't heard of him, he must not be a household name ..."

I certainly have a household. I guess household name means you saw him in a movie before.

57 posted on 05/07/2015 9:42:04 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity
No, a household name means that a lot of people have heard of him. Maybe not you, but a lot of people. Even me, and I go to the movies maybe four times a year and have lived without cable TV for more than 30 years.

Relatively speaking, Franco is most certainly one of the most successful actors in Hollywood.

Ever heard of Elisha Cook?

Is his a household name?

58 posted on 05/07/2015 9:50:02 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: SeekAndFind

Eating pie.

59 posted on 05/07/2015 9:51:01 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Finny
"No, a household name means that a lot of people have heard of him. Maybe not you, but a lot of people."

How many?

60 posted on 05/07/2015 9:51:33 AM PDT by circlecity
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