Franco, 37, enrolled in UCLA in California as an English major and has subsequently studied and taught a number of other courses, and admits one of the reasons he went back to school was to branch out creatively, reported Female First.
"One of the reasons that I went back to school -- and then many schools -- was that when I only had acting, I felt trapped," he said.
"I think that's how a lot of people feel in a lot of professions. "When I went to Yale for my PhD in literature, I had fellow students -- great students, writing incredible papers -- come up to me and say, "I'm so jealous of you. I'm writing this paper. If I get it published, 50 people will read it.