4352 x 3263 px | 36,8 x 27,6 cm | 14,5 x 10,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
5 aprile 2014
Altre informazioni:
Franco was born in Palo Alto, California.[2] His mother, Betsy Lou (née Verne), is a writer and actress, and his father, Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco (d. 2011), ran a Silicon Valley business.[6][7] The two met as students at Stanford University.[8][9] Franco's father was of Portuguese (Madeiran) and Swedish descent.[10] Franco's mother is Jewish; her family were Russian Jewish immigrants, and her father, Daniel, changed the surname from "Verovitz" to "Verne" some time after 1940.[10][11][12][13] Franco's paternal grandmother, Marjorie (Peterson) Franco, is a published author of young adult books.[7][14] Franco's maternal grandmother, Mitzie (Levine) Verne, owns the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, and was an active member in the National Council of Jewish Women.[15][16][17] Franco's family upbringing was "academic, liberal and largely secular."[18] He grew up in California with his two younger brothers, Tom and Dave ("Davy"), who is also an actor.[19] Talented at mathematics, Franco interned at Lockheed Martin.[8] Franco was often encouraged by his father to get good grades and did well on his SATs.[18] He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996, where he acted in plays.[8][20] In his high school years, Franco was arrested for underage drinking, graffiti, and for being a part of a group that stole designer fragrances from department stores and sold them to classmates.[21] These arrests led to his briefly becoming a ward of the state. Facing the possibility of juvenile hall, Franco was given a second chance by the judge.[10] "It was teen angst. I was uncomfortable in my own skin. I was shy. I changed my ways just in time to get good grades, " he recalled of his troubles with the law.[18] Although the idea of becoming a marine zoologist interested him, Franco had always secretly wanted to become an actor but feared being rejected.[10] He enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as an English major, [22] but dropped out
