Actors Nicolas Cage, Stanley Tucci, Morgan Freeman, Christoph Waltz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Colin Firth take part in a roundtable discussion of their craft.

All six actors have film roles that are earning critical raves: Cage in "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," Tucci in "Julie & Julia" and "The Lovely Bones," Freeman in "Invictus," Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds," Sarsgaard in "An Education," and Firth in "A Single Man."

Acting as Art?
In the first of the three-part series, the actors debate whether or not they consider acting to be art:



Directorial Disagreement
In part two, they discuss what to do when disagreeing with a director on-set:



Provoking a Performance?
Part three has all six actors weighing the pros or cons of needing someone to provoke a performance: