James Franco asks himself if he’s gay

James Franco doesn’t dodge any questions when sitting down for an interview with himself.

Not even the question: ‘Are you fucking gay or what?’

Franco’s many gay-themed projects such as Interior. Leather Bar., Howl, Milk and the upcoming I Am Michael have repeatedly led to speculation about his sexuality.

He says in the self interview with Four Two Nine magazine: ‘Well, I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straight in my life. Although, I’m also gay in my life up to the point of intercourse, and then you could say I’m straight. So I guess it depends on how you define gay. If it means whom you have sex with, I guess I’m straight.’

Then Franco gives a bit of a history lesson: ‘In the twenties and thirties, they used to define homosexuality by how you acted and not by whom you slept with. Sailors would fuck guys all the time, but as long as they behaved in masculine ways, they weren’t considered gay.’