With Thee, I Speak, Baby

Celebrities with whom I feel I might hold honest conversation with, making allowance for differential in power, wealth, personal achievement, stage of life, and profession. Alphabetically:

Lauren Bacall
Warren Beatty
Kate Blanchett

Humphrey Bogart
Jill Clayburgh
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Katherine Hepburn
Angelica Huston
Glenda Jackson

Paul Newman
Gregory Peck
Edward G. Robinson

Gena Rowlands
Martin Scorsese
Juliet Stevenson

Meryl Streep

Nine women. Seven men. Two English, the rest yanks.