127 Hours star James Franco, 32, told reporters at a roundtable discussion for potential Oscar nominees that he respects actors in the porn industry.

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The actor said:

“I think if anybody who has made a home sex tape knows, what feels best doesn’t always look best. I remember when I was 19 doing that, and then watching it back and thinking, oh, that looks horrible… You have a lot of respect for those actors in pornography, because they are really not just doing it, they’re really selling it.”

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And here’s his trick for making his love scenes seem as realistic as possible:

“You understand what it’s like to be intimate with someone, so you just kind of let yourself go over to that situation. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a great love scene that people would think, oh yeah, you really nailed that, so I don’t know if I’m the one to ask, but that’s what I do.”

Ummmm….where is that tape?!?

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