James Franco on his sexuality: 'I guess it depends how you define gay'

James Franco has responded to long-running rumors about his sexuality.

Franco has been a part of numerous gay-themed projects throughout his career, with his latest film, I Am Michael, seeing him in a threesome with Zachary Quinto and Desperate Housewives actor Charlie Carver.

In a new interview where Franco’s “gay” personality interviews his straight one, the actor claims that his sexuality depends on how someone chooses to define the term “gay”.

“Well, I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straight in my life,” he told Four Two Nine magazine. “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. 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,” he added.

Meanwhile, attitude.co.uk recently looked back at Franco’s in-depth interview with Attitude where the actor talked about his insatiable interest in queer culture – check it out here.

James Franco on his sexuality: ‘I guess it depends how you define gay’

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