"Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he……" — Clint Eastwood

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• James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to… — Mark Wahlberg
• But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age. — Sharon Gless
• In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so… — Loni Anderson
• Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the… — Larry Merchant
• My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney. — Malcolm McDowell
• I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney… — Bernie Mac
• When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or… — Dennis Farina
• The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with… — Jack Huston
• Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things? — Sharon Gless
• A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live. — Bob Hope
• 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

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