by people questioning his sexuality.
In fact, Franco told The Daily Beast during an
interview that he wishes he was gay. "'Great!
Bring on the gay jokes! because these aren't
insults at all,'" he began to say referencing his
roast that occured last week, "I don't even care if
people think I'm gay, so it was like, 'Awesome!' I
mean, I wish I was…I wish I was gay."
The actor explained his statement a little further
by saying, "I mean, we don't have to go into it.
But as far as that larger phenomenon that you're
talking about that happens to other actors, part of it is that movies are a place where people can
project things and identify with characters, and
it's the same thing with actors outside of their
roles—and it's been that way since Hollywood
was around.
"That's why there's a lot of conjecture. That's
been one of my things, too. My relationship with
my public image over the past four or five years
has just become weirder and weirder, because I
look at it and it's me, and it's not me, so if other
people want to use that for their own purposes or
needs, I'm fine with it."
Franco echoed a similar sentiment while talking
with E! News' Marc Malkin during the Toronto
International Film Festival.
"I got nothin', it was easy," he said of the jokes
thrown his way. "And like, for me, the greater
scheme of things—gay jokes as an issue is one
thing but when people make fun of me being gay
it's like [shrugs] do it all day! It doesn't bother me
in the slightest."
