James Franco（詹姆斯·弗兰科）

2008届 作家 演员 鼓动者

一些一线演员在校时也都是优等生

詹姆斯·弗兰科是一名演员、艺术家和电影制作人，他可能算是好莱坞早期时候的代言人。在荧幕和舞台上呈现作品无数的同时，弗兰科对教育的众多成就也是众所周知的。他进入UCLA 学习，但是大一结束后就退学专门学习表演。当他在2006年返回UCLA时，他对知识的渴望达到了极致。因此，他宣称要参加可以获得额外学分的一对一研修课程。在UCLA的教师兼小说家Mona Simpson的指导下，他写出了一篇全系荣誉论文。2008年，UCLA授予他英语学士学位，而这仅仅只是一个开始。弗兰科几乎引发了对教育的神话般的探究——他获得了创意写作、电影制作、诗歌和设计四个硕士学位，与此同时还在攻读两个博士学位——这证明了有些演员在荧幕上下的身份是可以千变万化的。

James Franco

Class of 2008

Some A-listers actually get A's.

Actor, artist and filmmaker, James Franco is perhaps the face of young Hollywood. While prolific on screen and stage, Franco’s lust for education has become equally famous. He started at UCLA, but dropped out after his freshman year to pursue acting. When he returned in 2006, he was thirsty for knowledge. So, he clamored to take extra credit, independent study classes. He tackled a departmental honors thesis, mentored by faculty member and novelist Mona Simpson. When UCLA awarded him his B.A. in English in June 2008, it was only the beginning. Franco set off on an almost mythic quest for education - acquiring several master’s degrees in creative writing, filmmaking, poetry and design while also working on two PhDs - proving some actors can’t be typecast on or off the screen.