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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.

My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.

I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt.

David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because there was another David Nicholls, and I thought if I changed it to my mother's name, she'd be touched.

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.

I've been called 'the voice actor.'

I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.

I've always maintained my name will not define my films, my films will define my name. But I wish I was called Steve, or something else.