PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

What’d you learn from the play? “I found out who Cromwell reminds me of! KARL ROVE!” —Chris Noth

—Frank Langella (GETTY IMAGES)

Is the bad economy keeping you up at night? “I'll tell you what's letting me sleep at night: the prospect that in a very short number of days, we will have Barack Obama as our president.” —Cynthia Nixon

—Brian Grazer

—Katie Finneran

What will you do if Obama doesn’t win the election? “I’ll be in my grave, mentally.” —Gay Talese (GETTY IMAGES)

—Jessye Norman (GETTY IMAGES)

—Kate Jennings Grant

Even though Obama’s ahead, do you worry that the Democrats might mess it up? “Human beings have a tendency to mess it up.” —Jay O. Sanders

—Barbara Walters

—Barbara Cook

You did some voice-over work for … “For AIG!” What was your reaction to their fall? “I guess they’re not going to renew my contract.” —Stockard Channing

—Julie White

—Jayne Atkinson

You played King Henry VII. Who did you draw on for the character? “Bill Clinton. He's enormously charming. He's also a person who clearly has trouble saying no to his own desires and appetites.” —Patrick Page (GETTY IMAGES)

—Jill Clayburgh (GETTY IMAGES)

—Lily Rabe

Should Mayor Bloomberg run for a third term? “I'm all for it. We're in so much trouble, I wouldn't want to see us have some horse's ass as mayor.” —Liz Smith

—Darren Goldstein

What’s keeping you up at night in these tough times? “Saturday Night Live. Tina Fey should be running for vice-president.” —Jim Dale