James Franco told this week’s Newsweek that he’s made a sex tape and has a lot of respect for porn stars. Oh, that James! Always with the off-the-wall quotes. Well, bravo for him working in sex tapes and porn into a rather high-brow conversation about acting for the magazine’s Oscar Roundtable issue.

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After Nicole Kidman talked about onscreen kissing, James piped in:

“I think if anybody who has made a home sex tape knows, what feels best doesn’t always look best [laughter]. I remember when I was 19 doing that, and then watching it back and thinking, oh, that looks horrible. So what Nicole is talking about, yeah, you have a lot of respect for those actors in pornography, because they are really not just doing it, they’re really selling it. It’s the same thing with a kiss. It’s not just the kiss that feels best, it’s an image. Something different is happening if it’s a good kiss.”

Oh wow – let’s just bet on TMZ.com unearthing this sex tape in 4-3-2-….

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