PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

Can you still spin liquor bottles like you did in Cocktail? “Yeah. Yeah! Yes, I can. I went to Croatia or somewhere, and a guy asked me to get behind the bar and I was spinning with him. I broke a bottle or two. I tried!” —Tom Cruise

How are you feeling after the marathon? “I’m really tired.” Trouble walking down stairs? “My quads! I was walking like an old lady. ” How many miles did you run during training? “Six to ten a day. ” —Katie Holmes

—Julianne Moore

Thoughts on Giuliani as the Republican front-runner? “His intolerance, his aggressive nature when you disagreed with him, his allowing certain divisions of the Police Department to round up young black men indiscriminately in wide circles to find people—he’d be a disaster for our country.”
—Tim Robbins

—Ellen Barkin

—Oliver Stone

Which of his movie skills does Tom Cruise use in real life? Sucking blood? “The sucking-blood thing hasn’t featured into our relationship. But he’s very dexterous.” Does he do cartwheels on the street? “Not necessarily, but if a trampoline is at hand, he’s very much able to use it in a way that I envy. ” —Ken Branagh

—Amy Sacco

Has Tom ever flown you in his plane? “Years ago, when we were working together. ” Were you scared? “That wasn’t my experience.”
—Ron Howard

—Dennis Paul

—Coralie Charriol Paul

Could Tom Cruise take you? “Oh, yeah. He was a champion wrestler. Did you know that? In school he was this killer wrestler, even though he’s got that smiley, happy face. ” —Brian Grazer

—Sophie Sutton

—A.J. Calloway

What’s your Tom Cruise connection? “I was in Eyes Wide Shut when I was 13.” Were you naked? “No, I was in a bra. I didn’t even have boobs. I had silicone things in the bra. I wasn’t one of the ladies, but I got to touch him and his silk vest was very soft.” — Leelee Sobieski

—Adelina Wong Ettelson

—Paula Wagner

What’s your favorite guilty-pleasure Tom Cruise movie? “Risky Business. That was definitely part of my formative years, seeing him in his boxers.” —Amy Ryan