Actors Anonymous

"It was ok. Thought provoking occasionally." according to B Cooper. Sometimes it seemed as though you're reading about him, sometimes it's someone else, sometimes it's a journal entry. Some interesting events take place and each person is connected somehow to "The Actor" who is I suppose Franco himself. Quite a bit left to interpretation. But I get the feeling that is the point. I did like how I felt as though I could relate to the notion of projecting yourself into a character. He says we hide behind a version of ourselves in daily life and acting can allow a person the freedom to be themselves without the insecurity of others kn. Not a novel, but does reveal Franco's demons Gabriella West First off, I should say I've been a fan of James Franco's film work. I shied away from reading Palo Alto, his not-very-well-received collection of short stories, and I think I did so because I was afraid I would be disappointed. The thing about writing is (unlike acting), you can't hide. The psyche of the writer comes through. And in this book, which is misleadingly termed a novel, James Franco does reveal himself in the guise of multiple "fictional" characters.So this is categorized by Kindle in the memoir section, and in my view it's creative nonfiction. The poi. Actors Anonymous: A Novel Amazon Customer As an Actor, I really enjoy James Franco. He's interesting and quite an artist. However, this book is disappointing. Sex, sex, sex I'm not opposed to sex but it's a distraction to a "story". Sorry, James. Lynne from Sellersville.

JAMES FRANCO is the talented, ubiquitous, popular, and provocative actor, director, author, and visual artist. . His first book, the story collection Palo Alto, was published in 2010

Each mordantly funny and unnerving actor-wannabe struggles to cope with the abyss between dream and reality and the peculiar identity crises intrinsic to performing. From Booklist After establishing his literary cred with his story collection, Palo Alto (2010), actor and director Franco ups the ante in this canny first novel. Corey’s ambitious mother colluded in his sexual exploitation as a child actor. It purports to be an assemblage of confessional tales told by members of Actors Anonymous, a 12-step support group relying on a higher power, the Great Director. —Donna Seaman. Though the pastiche of clever narrative modes doesn’t always click, Franco is provocatively revelatory in this mask-on, mask-off inquiry into delusion and il

I say, Look inside.”   Told in a dizzying array of styles—from lyric essays and disarming testimonials to hilariously rambling text messages and ghostly footnotes—and loosely modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Actors Anonymous is an intense, wild ride into the dark heart of celebrity.. “Hollywood has always been a private club,” he writes. Then there’s Franco himself, who prowls backstage, peering out between the lines—before taking the stage with fascinating meditations on his art, along with nightmarish tales of excess. I say welcome. “I open the gates. The actors in James Franco’s brilliant debut novel include a McDonald’s drive-thru operator who spends his shift trying on accents; an ex-child star recalling a massive beachside bacchanal; hospital volunteers and Midwestern transplants; a vampire flick starlet who discovers a cryptic book written by a famous actor gone AWOL; and the ghost of River Phoenix