James Franco strives to be controversial. So when Newsweek gathered some of the country's most respected actors to discuss their craft, Franco outdid his peers by referencing a sex tape he made as a teenager.

"Anybody who has made a home sex tape knows what feels best doesn't always look best," Franco said. "I remember when I was 19 doing that, and then watching it back and thinking, 'Oh, that looks horrible. So you have a lot of respect for those actors in pornography, because they are really not just doing it, they're really selling it!"

The actor continued, comparing the work of porn stars to that of A-list Hollywood stars. "It's the same thing with a kiss," he said. "It's not just the kiss that feels best, it's an image. Something different is happening if it's a good kiss."

At an Oscar roundtable alongside Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Michelle Williams, Franco admitted to being on Facebook "for like 2 seconds." He quit shortly thereafter because he has "different kinds of people in my life, and I just hated the idea that they were all going to mix on my page. I didn't want professors hearing form my stupid friends."