PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

Is that your butt on the ubiquitous posters around town? “Who knows? There are so many pictures of my ass on the Internet these days.” —BENJAMIN WALKER (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

—LIEV SCHREIBER

Is that your boyfriend Benjamin Walker’s butt in the posters around town? “It is. I’ve been tempted to get a stamp made and just go around stamping, ‘Property of…’” —MAMIE GUMMER

—EMILY BERGL

Who’s the sexiest historical figure? “Gustav Mahler is pretty sexy. He’s brilliant, he’s a genius, and he changed the face of music. He didn’t have good facial hair, though.” —RENEE FLEMING

—ANTHONY MACKIE

Who’s the sexiest historical figure? “Teddy Roosevelt, no doubt. He’s this hunter, he’s a conservationist, he’s a warmonger, he’s a soldier, he romanticizes the wrong things. That masculinity just slays me. He’s so wrong and he’s so right.” —ALISON PILL

—ALEX TIMBERS

Has being pregnant helped your acting? “Oh, it’s great. I cry all the time now.” —KATIE FINNERAN

—ANDRE DE SHIELDS

Who’s the sexiest historical figure? “Bill Clinton is a beautiful specimen of a human being. I would throw my panties at him. JFK, I would throw my panties at him, too. I seem to only be naming men. My girlfriend is going to be very disturbed by this conversation.” —KEITH POWELL

—JESSICA COLLINS

Who’s the sexiest historical figure other than Andrew Jackson? “Dom DeLuise.” —ANDREW MCCARTHY

—EVE BEST

Do you suggest story lines for your Gossip Girl character, Eleanor? ““Maybe Eleanor would like to go to Paris!” I suggested that, when the kids were in Paris. They didn’t listen to me.” —MARGARET COLIN

—DARREN GOLDSTEIN

Who’s the sexiest historical figure? “Bill Clinton. Friends of mine have met him and they go, ‘Oh my!’ He walks into a room and looks at you and, ‘Oh my!’” —KELLY BISHOP

—PABLO SCHREIBER