PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

New York girls are known for dressing foolishly in the cold. “The more foolish, the better!” —Fabiola Beracasa

Do you get recognized a lot? “People say, ‘Why are you riding the subway?’ Why wouldn’t I ride the subway?” —Anderson Cooper

—Tyra Banks

—Al Sharpton

—Deepak Chopra

How often does CNN do award shows? “A lot of people did a double take and said, ‘What's CNN doing throwing an award show?’” —Jon Klein

—Christiane Amanpour

—T.D. Jakes

—Glenn Close

Don’t you have to get up really early? “ I already napped. I’ll get up at 3 a.m.” —Pat Kiernan

—Jennifer Missoni

—Giancarlo Esposito

—Sheryl Crow

Did you do anything heroic today? “ A woman stopped me to ask what she should do about a child with no coat. I said, ‘Go to social services.’” —Jane Alexander

—Jimmy Smits

—Mary J. Blige

—Harry Connick Jr.

Did you do anything heroic today? “It’s my wife’s birthday, and I told her I was coming here instead. ” —Sanjay Gupta

—Wyclef Jean

—Mira Sorvino

—Rosario Dawson

So you were recently in Munich? “ I did a television show there. We did the reenactment of what we did in the subway live.” —Wesley Autrey, subway hero