[Photo Courtesy of THR]

With the Awards Season underway, THR put together a nice little actor’s roundtable, including such potential nominees as Nicolas Cage (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds).

It’s split into three parts, all anchored by a question each:

Part 1: Is Acting Art?

Part 2: What Do You Do When You Disagree With A Director? (My Personal Fave, courtesy of Mr. Cage)

Part 3: Do You Need Someone To Provoke Your Performance? (Almost as good as the second one)

The amount of candor on display by everyone on camera is surprising, especially in their talking on directors and their potential on-set arrogance (don’t get them started on writer-directors). Whether you agree with these guys or not, they certainly offer much to chew on.

In order below:

Part 1:

And Part 2:

And Part 3:

Cage should get an award just for ripping on Werner Herzog. I love it.

What do you think of this discussion?