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FRANCO SWINGS THROUGH D.C.

By KARIN TANABE | 4/1/11 9:51 AM EDT

Actor, writer, Ph.D student and soon to be NYU professor James Franco was in town Thursday night to headline creative writing nonprofit 826DC's benefit. 826 was co-founded by writer Dave Eggers, who helped get Franco involved.

Speaking to press before the VIP cocktail reception at the Hotel Monaco, Franco - gray slim fit suit, strategically messy hair, a bit of stubble - talked about the importance of emphasizing creative subjects in schools.

"I feel like I didn't get a ton of support in school in creative subjects," Franco said. "And I went to a great public school. As a kid, I would have grown from that."

Franco, who has degrees in creative writing, is pursuing a doctorate at Yale. The actor recently told GQ that he took some heat for pausing his Hollywood career to go back to college. How did he deal with the critics? With "humor basically." A little advice he said he got from President Barack Obama.

Franco doled out his own advice on Thursday, telling students who aren't given writing opportunities in the classroom to not give up: "If you want to write, make the time. We all have an hour or two a day that can be used for surfing Facebook or writing. No one is going to beg any new writer to write."

On the subject of social media, Franco told reporters that he's scaling back his own Twitter presence. (His live tweeting while co-hosting the Oscars generated quite a lot of buzz.)

"Social media is over. Still up there. Going down. You heard it here first," said the actor whose Twitter account is currently still active, but private. Explaining his approach to tweeting thus far, Franco told POLITICO, "My thought was 'this is my Twitter. I can do whatever I want.' But certain companies I work with contacted me about what I was saying."


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