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James Cagney as a baby is not my ideal thing. -- John Krasinski
When I was growing up, I was obsessed with 'Cagney and Lacey.' -- Tamsin Greig
A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live. -- Bob Hope
But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age. -- Sharon Gless
Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match. -- Clint Eastwood
My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney. -- Malcolm McDowell
Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things? -- Sharon Gless
Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me. -- Sylvester Stallone
I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. -- Jimmy Fallon
The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles. -- Jack Huston
In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic. -- Loni Anderson
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them. -- Mark Wahlberg
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth. -- Larry Merchant
There's a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone. -- Jim Brown
When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything. -- Dennis Farina
I used to watch 'Cagney & Lacey' with my mum back in the day. I can't remember any of their storylines, but I remember really knowing these two friends like I would know real people. -- Darren Boyd
Tina Fey and I have 15 things in development: 'Laverne and Shirley', 'Starsky and Hutch 3', 'Cagney and Lacey', 'Wonder Twins Activate From Two Hot Broads', 'Little House on the Prairie: The Musical: The Movie'. -- Amy Poehler
The first movie I can remember ever seeing was Hard Times with Charles Bronson and James Coburn. My dad also introduced me to the likes of Jimmy Cagney... John Garfield... Robert Ryan... Steve McQueen... James Caan... Those are my fondest memories. -- Mark Wahlberg
Before 'Cagney and Lacey,' we didn't follow officers home to find out what they did when they took their badges off and emptied their guns. So the idea that these women also had lives outside of work was really interesting to play. -- Tyne Daly
Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. -- Sharon Gless
I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them. -- Bernie Mac

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