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James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.

James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid.

I think, for the first time, people are starting to say, 'That's Sterling K. Brown,' which is cool, which is uncharted territory for your boy. It's nice to be called by your name when you're not in character.

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.

James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.

I am forever a Cleveland Brown.

Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.

I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.