PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

What do you think of Sarah Palin? “Wanting a woman to be part of the political process is all well and good. But not just any woman. It’s vagina politics. We don’t want that.” Do we want penis politics? “We’ve had that for a very long time, and it ain’t working.” —Samuel L. Jackson

—Jada Pinkett Smith

Did you learn any lessons in badass-ness from Sam Jackson? “He’s a professional badass. He never comes to set with a script because he knows every line.” —Kerry Washington

—James Lassiter

Did you learn any badass lessons from Sam Jackson? “You’re saying that I don’t do that already. That’s what that implies, right? You must be a total dork, so you need Sam to tell you how to be cool? I think I do alright!” —Patrick Wilson

—Dagmara Dominczyk Wilson

—Roberta Armani

This movie is about neighbors. What were yours like growing up? “I grew up in a housing project in New Jersey. When a neighbor couldn’t make their rent, we’d throw a party. Everybody paid a dollar to get in.” —Star Jones

—Tamara Tunie

—Gregory Generet

Have you had any bad neighbors? “Two doors down. They never mow their lawn. They’re the disaster-area house, but they call the city on everybody else.” —Eva La Rue

—Caleeb Pinkett

Did you lose money in the Wall Street crisis last weekend? “Uh, no comment.” —Will Smith