PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

Did a teacher ever come on to you, like Ben Kingsley does in this movie? “I was a teacher's assistant in ninth grade. She'd press herself against me occasionally. I loved it.” —George Lopez

—Penélope Cruz

Did you do anything bad in school? “I got drunk and went to cheerleading practice.” —Patricia Clarkson

—Calvin Klein

What was the most inappropriate thing you did in school? “I tried to burn the school down. I put some lighter fluid down the hallway.” —Dennis Hopper

—Zoë Kravitz

—Robert Benton

What was the hardest part about this movie? “Getting over my awe of Ben Kingsley and Peter Sarsgaard.” —Debbie Harry

—David Blaine

—Cynthia Rowley

How do you like living in Brooklyn? “It's nice to live in the woods.” —Peter Sarsgaard

—Eva Amurri

—Derek Blasberg

What's the worst thing you ever did in school? “I spent a day smashing windows in an abandoned convent next to our school. My two friends ratted on me, of course.” —Gerard Butler

—Laurence Fishburne

—Donna Karan

What was your biggest challenge directing the movie? “It was the first time Ben Kingsley did a sex scene.” —Isabel Coixet

—Charlie Rose

—Alan Cumming

Did you ever do anything crazy as a student? “I enrolled at Sarah Lawrence.” —Eric Mabius

—Charlotte Ronson

—Salman Rushdie

Did you ever do anything bad in school? “Took a lot of LSD. I was dubbed a bad boy, which I dutifully became for a number of years.” —Mick Rock

—Michael Imperioli

Do all the sex secrets in Glamour embarrass you? “I once gave President Bush a copy of an issue that had a line about ‘15 Seduction Secrets You Have to Try on a Man.’ I should have been ashamed of myself. I wasn't.” —Cindi Leive